2023 WBIF - Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed
Participating local government units in the Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed were allocated $159,000 in non-competitive watershed-based implementation funds (WBIF) for the 2023 biennium. A convening group was formed to identify and select the best projects for these funds. Four projects were chosen for funding. Three protect water quality to Lake Rebecca, including a channel restoration on Three Rivers Park District property, implementation of upland BMPs identified in the Lake Rebecca Subwatershed Assessment and in coordination with NRCS, and an alum feasibility study. A fourth project will restore a pond that's received excess sediment from upstream gully erosion, protecting Lake Sarah from further sediment loading. These projects will fully utilize the $159,223 in WBIF and, paired with an estimated $64,997 in local and federal funding, will implement $224,220 in total project costs to protect two critically important waterbodies in western Hennepin County.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$21,197,000 the first year and $22,367,000 the second year are for performance-based grants with multiyear implementation plans to local government units. The grants may be used to implement projects that protect, enhance, and restore surface water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater from degradation; and protect drinking water sources. Projects must be identified in a comprehensive watershed plan developed under the One Watershed, One Plan and seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface water 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.
Four projects will be executed as part of this grant, including stabilization of an eroding channel a, an alum feasibility study, and BMPs that will protect water quality in both Lakes Rebecca and Sarah.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS