FY24 Two Rivers Plus WBIF
The Two Rivers Plus will implement best management practices in priority planning zones within the Two Rivers Plus Planning Area to make progress towards our 10-year reduction goals highlighted in the Two Rivers Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. These funds will be utilized to implement estimated 2,600 acres of Non-Structural Land Management practices, install planned 15 Structural Ag practices, stabilize estimated 15,000 linear feet of Streambanks, assist with planning the installation of 6 grazing exclusion paddocks (estimated 1,000 acres), and host outreach events to inform and educate producers within the planning area. PTMApp estimates that these targeted protection and source reduction strategies will reduce a total of 108 tons/ year of sediment at the priority resource points, which is roughly 10% of the 10-year plan goal. BWSR Calc tool estimates that the Streambank stabilization projects will reduce 1653 tons/ year of sediment.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(a) $39,500,000 the first year and $39,500,000 the second year are for grants to implement state-approved watershed-based plans. The grants may be used to implement projects or programs that protect, enhance, and restore surface PreviouswaterNext quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater from degradation; and protect drinking PreviouswaterNext sources. Projects must be identified in a comprehensive watershed plan developed under the One Watershed, One Plan program and seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface PreviouswaterNext 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) implementing state-approved plans, including within the following watershed planning areas (see Chapter 40 Article 2 Section 6(a) (2) for the list of watershed planning areas: seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface PreviouswaterNext 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 must establish eligibility criteria and determine whether a planning area is ready to proceed and has the nonstate match committed.
Protection and Source Reduction projects estimated to reduce 108 tons/year of sediment. Streambank Stabilization projects estimated to reduce 1653 tons/ year of sediment. Working Land Livestock Program estimated 1,000 acres installed.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS