Elm Creek Stream Restoration Phase III

Elm Creek Stream Restoration project is a high priority project multiple phase project in cooperation with the City of Champlin, Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission and Hennepin County to restore water resources that within the City of Champlin and the Elm Creek Watershed. The City of Champlin Management Plan developed in 2008 has identified goals for accelerating programs and projects for improved habitat, water quality and flood control through a variety of conservation measures in areas surrounding Champlin Minnesota.

Prioritization and implementation of appropriate protection, enhancement and restoration measures on area lands, streams, ditches, rivers, lakes and wetlands within the City of Champlin and Elm Creek Watershed have been accelerated through use of conservation decision making tools which aid in determining high priority projects that are beneficial to the City of Champlin, Elm Creek Watershed and the Upper Mississippi River Watershed. The Elm Creek Habitat Restoration Project is divided into six phases.

Phase 1 included replacement of the existing Mill Pond dam in May of 2016. Phase 2 is the Mill Pond aquatic habitat restoration through installation of habitat structures and restoration of deep water habitat refuge lake depths by removal of excess nutrient laden sediments in the three bays of the Mill Pond which is a full funded project proposed for construction in November 2017-February 2018.

Phase 3 is a continuation of an existing 3,000 linear feet Elm Creek Watershed District stream restoration project. This phase includes 2,287 linear feet of stream bank restoration of Elm Creek which is located upgradient of and flows through the Mill ponds ultimately into the Mississippi River. Design plans have been completed in cooperation with the MNDNR, Elm Creek Management Commission and Hennepin County.