Sauk River Watershed FY2022 Watershed-Based Implementation Funding
The Sauk River's CWMP identifies altered hydrology and excessive sediment & nutrients as the top priority resource concerns to be addressed. Goals for each priority resource concern are found on pages 4-6 and 4-21 of the CWMP. To achieve these goals, The CWMP contains multiple prioritization schemes, on both a watershed-wide and watershed management unit basis, to achieve these goals - refer to pages 4-8 through 4-11 and 4-22 through 4-31 of the CWMP. The Sauk River Watershed Collaborative has targeted the main stem Sauk River at the top four priority endpoints identified in the CWMP (A370, A150, A230, A10; refer to page 4-23) to focus efforts on. On-the-ground activities are targeted to the following HSPF reaches: Osakis Lake MU: 3, 10, 20 | Sauk Lake MU: 30, 43, 50, 54, 70, 100 | Center Sauk River MU: 110, 130, 221 | GUS Plus MU: 157, 159, 230, 241, 242, 243, 245 | Chain of Lakes MU: 370, 375, 381, 383, 385, 388, 389, 392, 394, 400, 411, 420. Estimated annual load reductions are: 2,298 pounds of total phosphorus, 3,100 tons of sediment and 21,651 pounds of total nitrogen. Example activities include: alternative tile intakes, grade stabilization structures, streambank/shoreline stabilizations, water & sediment control basins, animal waste management, cover crops, and conservation tillage/ residue management. In addition, the collaborative has targeted 8 watershed-wide activities, identified as early focus areas in the CWMP. These activities address data gaps, further PTM'ing of on-the-ground activities, move capital improvement projects via the Project Team Framework forward, or make investments in education & outreach initiatives. Activities will result in: multiple landowner contacts, feasibility studies and design plans brought to completion, multiple education/outreach activities performed, completion of hydrographs for priority public drainage systems and standardized approaches to monitor/assess stormwater pond performance (with field testing).
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Annie Felix-Gerth
2019: (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. 2021: (a) $21,197,000 the first year and $22,367,000 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 and seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface water management frameworks as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D. Grant recipients must identify a nonstate match and may use other legacy funds to supplement projects funded under this paragraph. This appropriation may be used for:
(1) implementation grants to watershed planning areas with approved plans, including but not limited to Buffalo-Red River, Cannon River, Cedar River, Clearwater River, Des Moines River, Hawk Creek, Lac qui Parle Yellow Bank, Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior North, Le Seuer River, Leech Lake River, Long Prairie River, Lower Minnesota River North, Lower Minnesota River West, Lower Minnesota River South, Lower St. Croix River, Marsh and Wild Rice, Middle Snake Tamarack Rivers, Mississippi East, Mississippi River Headwaters, Mississippi West, Missouri River Basin, Mustinka/Bois de Sioux, Nemadji River, North Fork Crow River, Otter Tail, Pine River, Pomme de Terre River, Red Lake River, Redeye River, Root River, Rum River, Sauk River, Shell Rock River/Winnebago Watershed, Snake River, South Fork Crow River, St. Louis River, Thief River, Two Rivers Plus, Vermillion, Watonwan River, Winona La Crescent, Yellow Medicine River, and Zumbro River; (2) seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface water management frameworks; and (3) other comprehensive watershed management plan planning areas that have a board-approved and local-government-adopted plan as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.801.
The board may determine whether a planning area is not ready to proceed, does not have the nonstate match committed, or has not expended all money granted to it. Upon making the determination, the board may allocate a grant's proposed or unexpended allocation to another planning area to implement priority projects, programs, or practices.
*Reductions: 2,298 lbs TP, 3,100 tons sediment and 21,651 lbs TN
*CIPs: Getchell Creek designs and JD2 feasibility study completed
*2 public ditch hydrographs developed, 4 regional ponds assessed
*Multiple civic engagement actions occur
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS