Nemadji Comprehensive Watershed Management Implementation Phase 1
Following the Nemadji Watershed Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan, we will be focusing actions in our four topic areas: Streams, wetlands, forests, farms, lakes and drinking water.
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.
Our project will result in 1) whole farm conservation planning on at least 5 farms in targeted locations to reduce phosphorous, sediment and bacteria, 2) 16 forest management plans in targeted private forests that reduce peak flows and protect drinking water, 3) develop wetland restoration projects to increase watershed storage 4) develop lake and protection projects to reduce lake phosphorous and protect high-quality resources including wild rice, cold-water springs, forest that reduce peak flows and ground water 5) develop mapping tools to track groundwater quality and stream connectivity/water quality projects, and 6) reconnect 28 miles of streams and reduce sediment at the road stream interface by 365 tons.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS