2016 - Targeted Watershed (Polk , East SWCD)
Annie Felix-Gerth
Targeted Watershed 2016 - $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the second year are for targeted local resource protection and enhancement grants and statewide program enhancements for technical assistance, citizen and community outreach, and training and certification, as well as projects, practices, and programs that supplement or otherwise exceed current state standards for protection, enhancement, and restoration of water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams or that protect groundwater from degradation, including compliance.
This project will reduce sediment in the Sand Hill River by approximately 1,500 tons per year. This will be accomplished by installing approximately 80 water and sediment control basins, restoring a coulee immediately upstream of its confluence of the Sand Hill River, and stabilizing 1,200 feet of shoreline by on the Sand Hill River.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 1789.2 pounds of Phosphorus, 1739.3 tons of Sediment, and 411 tons of Soil Loss.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS