2023 - CREP Outreach and Implementation Continuation (Meeker SWCD)
Annie Felix-Gerth
(k) $1,771,000 the first year and $3,829,000 the second year are to purchase and restore permanent conservation sites via easements or contracts to treat and store water on the land for water quality improvement purposes and related technical assistance. This work may be done in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture with a first-priority use to accomplish a conservation reserve enhancement program, or equivalent, in the state. Up to $280,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement account. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
Grant funds were used as proposed in the work plan, ensuring staff capacity to provide technical assistance to deliver the MN CREP. 1,113 hours were spent providing technical assistance. 60 landowners were contacted regarding CREP. CREP estimates and scenarios developed for interested to landowners. Time was spent working with CREP landowners developing work plans, soliciting bids, completing work on vegetation establishment and the installation of RR-8 practices. CREP easement boundaries were staked and posted with signs. Continued to promote CREP. Funds were not fully spent.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS