1. Retaining Water
(In A Good Way)

2. Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association

3. 27 Years of Activity Wild Life Plantings Riparian Management
Field Shelterbelts
Wild Life Plantings
Riparian Management
Off Site Watering

4. 27 Years of Activity Forage Establishment Rotational Grazing
Residue Management

5. 27 Years of Activity Water Management Grassed Waterways
Drop Structures
Small Dams
- Dry Dams
- Back Flood Dams
- Multi-Purpose Dams

6. South Tobacco Creek Project
From Implementation to Research
Monitoring Hydrology (flow)
Partners:
Local Farmers, Land Owners
Federal & Provincial Governments
Universities
Monitoring Water Quality (sediment, nutrients, pesticide, bacteria)
Land Use Trends

7. South Tobacco Creek Conclusions
30% control of headwaters produced a 19 to 25 % reduction in peak flows for spring and summer events. ( 15 to 20 yr payback in municipal savings )
Conservation Tillage did not increase herbicide loadings.
Conservation Tillage did not decrease runoff volumes in a clay loam soil. ( BMP’s have been designed for wind and water erosion control, not nutrient movement)

8. South Tobacco Creek Conclusions
Small dams can act as nutrient sinks with natural limitations. ( Once a natural equilibrium is established, the nutrients need to be removed either through irrigation, organic matter removal , or high flows )
Escarpment Streams tend to be naturally high in nutrient loadings due to topography, soils, and stream bank erosion.

9. Tobacco Creek Model Watershed
Integrated Watershed Management Plan
Published December 2004
Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association
Rural Municipalities of : Lorne, Thompson, Dufferin, Roland and Morris
Pembina Valley Conservation District
LaSalle /Red-boine Conservation District

10. Tobacco Creek Model Watershed
Canadian Water Network Funding
Accepted as 1 of 4 Research Nodes June 2011
Collaboration with University of Manitoba
$600 K Research Call for
Howard Wheater Consortium (U of Sask. /EC)
Joseph Culp Consortium (University of New Brunswick/EC)

11. Tobacco Creek Model Watershed
Additional Research
University of Manitoba
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) To Develop Environmental Fingerprinting Techniques for Sources of Sediment and Phosphorous
Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) Preliminary Survey for Wetland Potential In Conjunction with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

12. Activities 2012 Baseline Monitoring
Hydrology sampling- 12 new sites, 70 sampling days
limited flows beyond June 28
Water Quality – 73 samples, 35 sampling days
reduced sampling as flows dropped.

13. Tobacco Creek Model Watershed
The Challenge- Retain More Water
Funding
Licensing
Location
Design

14. On Farm?

15. In Stream?

16. More Escarpment Storage ?

17. Questions?

18. Rainfall (Top of Watershed 14-5-8)
March mm “
April mm ”
May mm (May ) ”
June mm “
July mm ”
August mm ”
September mm ”
October mm ”
November mm “
Total mm ”

19. Tobacco Creek Model Watershed

20. Tobacco Creek Model Watershed