The Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP) is a voluntary opportunity for farmers and agricultural landowners to take the lead in implementing conservation practices that protect our water.
Minnesota Water Quality Certified
Those who implement and maintain approved farm management practices will be certified and in turn obtain regulatory certainty for a period of ten years.
Through this program, certified producers receive:
Through this program, the public receives:
To sign up for the program fill out a program application form or contact Nikki Wheeler at 507-887-0240 or email nikki.wheeler@fillmoreswcd.org.
For more information and to see some of the certified farmers from around the state:
State and Federal Programs
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
CRP is a land conservation program administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)
Fillmore SWCD in partnership with the local USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service annually conducts an Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) Local Work Group Meeting.
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
MN CREP is a voluntary, federal-state funded natural resource conservation program that uses a science based approach to target environmentally sensitive land in 54 Counties in southern and western Minnesota.
Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP)
Opportunity for farmers and agricultural landowners to take the lead in implementing conservation practices that protect our water.
State Cost Share
The Fillmore SWCD annually receives cost-share funds from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources to assist landowners with implementation of erosion control practices.
Root River One Watershed, One Plan (RR 1W1P)
A 10-year planning document aimed at better managing water within a larger watershed planning area
Root River Field to Stream Partnership
Collects data using edge-of-field and in-stream monitoring on a small watershed scale to characterize water quality in three small watersheds within the Root River watershed.
Volunteer Nitrate Monitoring (VNMN)
The Volunteer Nitrate Monitoring Network (VNMN) has been an active program in Southeast Minnesota since 2006.
Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM)
The Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Act was enacted to restore certain marginal and environmental sensitive agricultural land to protect soil and water quality and support fish and wildlife habitat.
Wetland Conservation Act (WCA)
The wetland Conservation Act is implemented at the local level by the local government unit or “LGU”
Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network
A network of state and federal agencies, the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, state colleges and universities, and local partners that collect data on water quality and flow throughout the state.