2019 - SWCD Local Capacity Services (Watonwan SWCD)
Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas - Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$11,000,000 the first year and $11,000,000 the
second year are for payments to soil and water
conservation districts for the purposes of Minnesota
Statutes, sections 103C.321 and 103C.331. From this
appropriation, each soil and water conservation district
shall receive an increase in its base funding of
$100,000 per year. Money remaining after the base
increase is available for matching grants to soil and
water conservation districts based on county allocations
to soil and water conservation districts. The board and
other agencies may reduce the amount of grants to a
county by an amount equal to any reduction in the
county's allocation to a soil and water conservation
district from the county's previous year allocation when
the board determines that the reduction was
disproportionate.
The grant targets four resource concern areas - Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients - and supports increased capacity by funding expenses in the following categories: Staffing, Cost Share/Incentives, Technology/Capital Equipment, and Operations.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 330 lbs of Nitrogen, 124.24 lbs of Phosphorus, 6 preventative practices were installed, 104.25 tons of Sediment, 290 tons of Soil Loss,
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS