FY'24-26 Lower Minnesota River East WBIF
The Lower Minnesota River East Watershed Partnership would like to request our first round of WBIF funding. The Funding request is for FY'24 and FY'25, but will be incorporated into the FY'24-FY'26 Workplan. Projects and practices that will be addressed with this first round of funding include Ag Structural BMPs, Grade Stabilization Projects, Urban BMPs, Streambank Stabilization Project, Well Sealings, Well Screening Clinics, Smart Salting Campaign, Education and Outreach Campaign, Surface Water Ordinance Workshop and Report, Stormwater Ordinance Workshop and Report, Stream Erosion Study, Stream or Lake Subwatershed Assessment, Water Quality Storage Feasibility/Design, Mailings or Contact Hours for Riparian Native Plantings and Perennial Cover, Technical Assistance and Engineering, and Administration and Coordination.
Measurable Outcomes:24 BMPs (Ag, Urban, Streambank) or 230lbs TP/yr and 142 tons TSS/yr and 300 linear feet stream restoration, 1 Well Sealing Project, 2 Well Screening Clinics, 1 Smart Salting Campaign, 1 E&O Campaign, 1 surface water ordinance & 1 stormwater ordinance workshop/meeting & 2 reports, 1 stream erosions study,1 subwatershed assessment,1 Water Quality Storage Feasibility/Design, 300 mailings or 80 contact hrs for Riparian Native Plantings, & 300 mailings or 80 contact hrs for Perennial Vegetation.
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.
Match for WBIF will consist of local and federal dollars and in-kind services that address activities and strategies identified in the Lower Minnesota River East Watershed Comprehensive Plans.
24 BMPs (Ag, Urban, Streambank) or 230lbs TP/yr and 142 tons TSS/yr and 300 linear feet stream restoration, 1 Well Sealing Project, 2 Well Screening Clinics, 1 Smart Salting Campaign, 1 E&O Campaign, 1 surface water ordinance & 1 stormwater ordinance workshop/meeting & 2 reports, 1 stream erosions study,1 subwatershed assessment,1 Water Quality Storage Feasibility/Design, 300 mailings or 80 contact hrs for Riparian Native Plantings, & 300 mailings or 80 contact hrs for Perennial Vegetation.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS