FY2022 Lake of the Woods WBIF
The Lake of the Woods Watershed One Watershed One plan area is located in north-central Minnesota, encompassing portions of Roseau and Lake of the Woods counties. The watershed is unique in that a large portion of the watershed (approx 59%, excluding Lake of the Woods) is either public or tribal lands. The plan reflects the resource diversity of the watershed itself, and includes restoration and protection of water quality, environmental degradation, water-related infrastructure and education. The following actions will address the diversity of resources, high level of non-private lands, and a dual approach of restoration and protection:
1. Warroad River Shoreline Protection Projects - implement 400 linear feet of shoreline protection projects identified in the Warroad Watershed Accelerated Implementation grant.
2. County Ditch 1 Stabilization - implement design plans to stabilize one-mile stretch of Ditch 1 which will reduce flows, erosion and sediment loading in a priority reach of this system.
3. AgBMP Cost Share Program - utilize landowner and local experts to develop and promote a cost share program targeting structural and non-structural ag practices
4. Forest Stewardship Management Planning - utillize cost share program and RAQ scoring to implement a target goal of 1,600 acres of forest management plans on riparian areas and target for Sustainable Forest Incentive Act participation.
5. Lake of the Woods Keep it Clean Program -educational initiative to promote responsible recreational use of water resources, including waste management and continued efforts towards enforcement
6. Lake of the Woods Shoreline Protection - implement shoreline protection cost share program on shoreline vulnerable to erosion
7. Warroad River Water Storage - continued effort to locate areas for future projects to restore altered hydrology within the peatland areas via the abandonment of drainage systems or restoration of water course morphology.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(Watershed Based Implementation Funding)(a) $13,591,000 the first year and $13,375,000 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 or metropolitan surface water management frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant recipients must identify a nonstate match and may use other legacy funds to supplement projects funded under this paragraph.
Outcomes include over 1 mile of streambank shoreland protection, reducing flows in Ditch 1 by 15%, reaching over 5,000 winter anglers to encourage lake stewardship, preparing 8 shovel-ready plans for water storage in the upper Warroad watershed.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS