Bad Axe Watershed Stewards
Formed through Wisconsin’s Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant Program, this group unites farmers, conservationists, and community members to promote sustainable land and water practices. Their efforts include streambank restoration, cover cropping, nutrient management, and flood mitigation, often in partnership with the Valley Stewardship Network.
Read More2024 | Valley Stewardship Network – Coon Creek & Neighboring Watersheds
VSN has supported the Coon Creek Community Watershed Council by helping develop a 9 Key Element Watershed Plan and advancing farmer-led conservation efforts in the region. This work also includes leadership training, water quality monitoring, and expanded stewardship practices to protect Coon Creek and surrounding watersheds.
Read More2014 | Mississippi Valley Conservancy – Kickapoo River Watershed
Multiple partners turned watershed data into action—engaging landowners, restoring habitat, and protecting over 14,000 acres in this Wisconsin watershed through sustainable, community-led conservation.
Read More2017 | Valley Stewardship Network – Kickapoo River Watershed
This project established Wisconsin’s first prairie STRIPS demonstration sites, reducing runoff and improving fish habitat while empowering farmers to lead conservation across 14 sites in the Kickapoo region.
Read More2018 | Tainter Creek Farmer Led Council – Tainter Creek
A collaborative effort between farmers, conservationists, and state agencies restored over a mile of Tainter Creek, reducing erosion, improving trout habitat, and inspiring community-led conservation across Wisconsin’s Driftless Area.
Read More2019 | Valley Stewardship Network – Tainter, West Fork, Bad Axe & Kickapoo Watersheds
New farmer-led watershed councils are forming across Southwest Wisconsin, empowering local land stewards to lead conservation efforts and improve water quality from the ground up.
Read More2020 | Monroe County Land Conservation Department
Farmers, landowners, Monroe County Land Conservation and Trout Unlimited are innovating to monitor effectiveness of streambank restoration practices before and after storms, to enhance floodplains, flow regimes and connectivity.
Read More2021 | Valley Stewardship Network – Kickapoo, Bad Axe Watersheds
Across Southwest Wisconsin, farmers and landowners are coming together to protect clean water, healthy soil, and thriving communities. Through farmer-led watershed councils, prairie plantings, and hands-on education, this growing movement is restoring the land—one field, one stream, and one conversation at a time.
Read MoreWorking together locally for farms, streams and economic growth
In southwest Wisconsin, farming practices such as cover crops, contour strips and native grass strips help sustain recreational fishing that generates more than $1 billion annually for the local economy.
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