Oneida Nation Land Conservation Program

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Oneida NationLand Conservation Program

• Mike Troge
• Environmental Program Manager
• Environmental Health and Safety Division

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Oneida Ag-Land Decision Components

• Oneida Sustainable Resource Advisory Council
  (OSRAC)
• Conservation Plan SOP
• Agricultural Leases
• Partnerships Tribal, local, state, federal, and
  private planning and funding programs
• Resource staff

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Oneida Agriculture Programa brief history

• 1995 Duck/Apple/Ashwaubenon Priority Watershed
  Program
• 1997 NRCS Tribal Liaison introduced
• 1998 Natural Resources Partnership Committee
• 2000 OSRAC evolved (Oneida Sustainable Resource
  Advisory Council)
• 2003 OSRAC officially chartered
• 2005 initial development of program for leased
  land
• 2008 Conservation Plan SOP ratified

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Priority Watershed ProgramFirst Wisconsin
Nonpoint Program

• Started 1980s
• Watershed scale (typical size 150 sq. miles)
• 90(?) watersheds targeted
• Managed by county Land Conservation Departments
• 2-yr assessment
• 10-year cost-share program
• Best management practices (20 practices on list)
• Cost-share
• Program ends 2010

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DAA Priority Watershed Program

• Initiated 1995
• Brown County, Outagamie County, Oneida Tribe
• First project with Tribal involvement
• Duck Creek Watershed, Ashwaubenon Creek
  Watershed, Apple Creek Watershed

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Oneidas partners

• Brown and Outagamie County
• Wi DNR, DATCP
• USDA, EPA, BIA, Fish and Wildlife, CoE
• EQIP, CRP, Circle of Flight, Great Lakes Buffer
  Program, 319, TRM, WHIP, CSP
• WTCAC (Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory
  Council)
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• NRCS Tribal Liaison
• Jerry Thompson, 1998-2002
• Tony Bush, 2002-present

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OSRAC history

• Mission to provide direction and assistance to
  the NRCS and other conservation partnerships for
  the protection, enhancement, and sustainability
  of natural resources on tribal lands.
• Multi-disciplinary council represented by many
  Oneida departments and organizations.
• Interim council in 2000.
• Officially chartered in 2003 to meet the
  USDA-NRCS General Manual 410-RDV-Rural
  Development request for improving and enhancing
  services to Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin.

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OSRAC goals

• Provide leadership and counsel to NRCS on tribal
  conservation needs.
• Establish yearly programming, communication, and
  priorities for the NRCS Tribal Liaison, including
  technical evaluations and funding opportunities.
• Serve as the local approval body for conservation
  agreements with NRCS on tribal lands.

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OSRAC objectives

• Develop standard operating procedures which
  establishes guidelines for OSRAC, Conservation
  Plans, and other areas of importance.
• Develop a communication network internally and
  externally for sharing information and
  participation in projects related to the Oneida
  Tribes natural resources, including
  participation on WTCAC.
• NRCS recognizes the importance of Oneidas
  self-determination and uniqueness of our natural
  resource needs and becomes more flexible in
  delivering programs to Tribes.
• Healthy sustainable resources within the Oneida
  Reservation.

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Conservation Plan SOP

• Agreement between Oneida Land Commission,
  Department of Land Management, Environmental
  Health and Safety, USDA Natural Resource
  Conservation Service
• The lease is the means for enforcement of
  non-point standards on agriculture leases.

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Conservation Plan SOPProhibitions

• Lessees shall not permit overflow of manure
  storage facilities.
• Lessees shall not place any unconfined manure
  pile or industrial waste or municipal waste in a
  surface water quality management area.
• Lessees shaall not permit direct runoff from a
  feedlot or stored manure pile into the water of
  the reservation.
• Lessees shall not allow unlimited access of
  livestock to surface waters of the reservation

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Conservation Plan SOPRequirements address

• Abandoned wells
• Clean water diversions
• Crop rotations
• Manure storage facilities
• Nutrient management plans
• Pest management plans
• Riparian variable width buffers
• Serious erosion concerns
• Sheet, rill and wind erosion
• Industrial and municipal waste

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Conservation Plan Process

• Starts with new lease
• NRCS Tribal Liaison is provided with details of
  lease
• Lessee contacts Tribal Liaison
• Field assessment by Liaison or Tribal staff
• Conservation plan developed
• Lessee review
• Due process if necessary (flowcharts)
• OSRAC review
• Research funding opportunities
• Contract developed
• Status reviews

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