2021 Metro WBIF - Lower MN North Area - Carver County
This project will improve water quality to Hazeltine Lake, McKnight Lake, and Bevens Creek; as well as increasing our knowledge of goldfish removal in Big Woods Lake. Sediment and phosphorus loading reductions to the listed water bodies will be accomplished by; 1) returning turf grass to native prairie, 2) restoring eroding streambanks, and 3) completing a feasibility study. This project is funded through the Carver County allocation of the Watershed-Based Funding Program for the Seven County Metropolitan Area.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(Watershed Based Implementation Funding)(a) $13,591,000 the first year and $13,375,000 the second year are for performance-based grants with multiyear implementation plans to local government units. The grants may be used to implement projects that protect, enhance, and restore surface water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater from degradation; and protect drinking water sources. Projects must be identified in a comprehensive watershed plan developed under the One Watershed, One Plan or metropolitan surface water management frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant recipients must identify a nonstate match and may use other legacy funds to supplement projects funded under this paragraph.
This project will reduce TSS to Bevens Creek by 120 tons per year; reduce TP and TSS to listed lakes by 49 pounds and 17,000 pounds, respectively, and reduce volume by 25 million gallons.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS