Permits are issued for land disturbance activities where more than 4,000 sq. The department provides erosion control and storm water plan review and approval of subdivision plats and various site reviews for La Crosse County Zoning, townships, and private landowners in the enforcement and administration of the ordinance. The department accepts applications, reviews sites, and issues erosion control permits, and enforces permit requirements for erosion control during the construction of all one and two family dwellings in 10 townships in La Crosse County. The department provides to individuals and units of government evaluation and technical design information on a variety of urban land and surface water related issues. The department certifies compliance of landowners participating in the Farmland Preservation Program that their croplands meet residue and soil loss standards.
Certification allows participants to receive tax credit eligibility.
The department provides information and plan development services to landowners to insure crop fertility needs while providing surface water protection from the impacts of manure runoff. The department maintains a water quality monitoring station, and samples other county surface waters during a variety of runoff conditions. Data is used by the department for education and research purposes and is also available to the public. The department provides survey, design, and project installation technical assistance for a wide variety of rural Best Management Practices for surface water protection and cropland or other erosion control purposes. A system of hiking and skiing trails is maintained by the department in portions of the county forest system.