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TO: City of Elk River <br />Nicki Blake-Bradley, Environmental Division <br />FROM: Wapiti Park Campgrounds, Inc. <br />Juanita Glenn <br />18746 Troy Street <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />RE: Manure Management Plan for Wapiti Pazk Campgrounds, Inc. <br />DATE: March 31, 2011 <br />Overview: <br />Wapiti Pazk Campgrounds, Ina ("Wapiti") maintains horses and numerous other animals, <br />including peacocks and chickens, on its property. The animals are centralized in an area <br />of the property that includes a barn and pasture for the animals to roam freely. The <br />animals are not allowed to wonder into camping areas. <br />Wapiti staff scrapes the barn area as necessary and collects manure into compost piles <br />within the barn area. Staff spreads the manure throughout the pasture where it <br />incorporates into the soil. Neither the barn nor pasture is located near any the intakes or <br />point sources that could be potentially contaminated by run-off. All manure shall be <br />composted prior to placement on the pasture and be odorless, so as to not constitute a <br />nuisance. <br />Contingenc~an: <br />Wapiti has devised the following contingency plan to dispose of excess manure that fails <br />to reincorporate with the soil in the pasture. The transporting of any manure would be <br />accomplished by placing all excess manure into industrial sized drums that aze properly <br />sealed prior to transport to one of the following destinations: <br />1. Wapiti has an agreement with Rick and Mike Bickman, owners of local farmland, <br />to dispose of any excess manure on fields owned by them in Elk River, including <br />those located at 14866 Highway 10, Elk River, MN 55330; and <br />2. Wapiti could also transport any excess manure to the Elk River landfill for <br />disposal. <br />