Restoring the Fort Ridgely Creek Subwatershed
The Hawk Creek Watershed Project (HCWP) is trying to achieve a reduction in total suspended solids (TSS) and phosphorus, improve the altered hydrology, and increase water storage capacity in the Fort Ridgely Creek subwatershed by implementing suites of projects that include two grade stabilizations with retention ponds, four water and sediment control structures (WASCOBs), and two grass waterways for an estimated pollutant reduction of 280 tons of sediment/yr and 380 pounds of phosphorus/yr. These targeted projects will work towards the restoration of the Fort Ridgely Creek subwatershed, which is named a priority area in the Hawk Creek-Middle Minnesota Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. By reducing TSS and phosphorus loads and reducing the average annual runoff, these projects will work towards the goals of the tier I (high priority) issues of the Fort Ridgely Creek subwatershed identified in the Hawk Creek-Middle Minnesota Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. This project will leverage the 319 funds HCWP has to best utilize funding sources, increase practice adoption rates, strengthen partner collaborations, and further accomplish the goals of the Hawk Creek-Middle Minnesota Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan.
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Annie Felix-Gerth
(b) $10,762,000 the first year and $11,504,000 the second year are for grants to local government units to protect and restore surface water and drinking water; to keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect groundwater and drinking water, including feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage treatment system projects and stream bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization projects. The projects must use practices demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, include a match, and be consistent with total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local water management plans or their equivalents. Up to 20 percent of this appropriation is available for land-treatment projects and practices that benefit drinking water.
Two grade stabilizations with retention ponds, four WASCOBs, and two grass waterways will reduce sediment by 280 tons/yr and phosphorus by 380 lbs/yr to help restore the Fort Ridgely Creek subwatershed, a Hawk Creek-Middle MN Plan priority area.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS