Long Prairie Collaborative FY25 WBIF
This funding will be used to help fulfill the goals established in the Long Prairie CWMP. Approximate goals addressed are listed with the activities addressing them. Anticipated projects to be implemented include agricultural waste management facilities, agricultural land management, exclusion fencing, rain gardens, subsurface sewage treatment upgrades, shoreline restorations, and forestry. Other projects will be considered as opportunities arise.
To prioritize where to work first, the focus areas for the goals were stacked together to determine overall watershed priorities. Funding will be prioritized to projects located in tier 1 HUC 12 watersheds (LPCWMP pg. 70) and are shovel ready. As projects are shovel ready in lower tiers they will also be implemented. Projects addressing priority issues (LPCWMP pg. 28) in priority areas along with the best pollutant reductions and cost effectiveness that can be completed within the grant period will be implemented.
The newly developed education and outreach plan will guide education and outreach activities with the goal of creating consistent messaging and education opportunities throughout the watershed. Technical assistance will be used for technical and engineering assistance with projects. The project development budget will be used for map analysis and targeting landowners. Administration and coordination will be used for coordinating plan implementation and tracking projects and expenses. A tracking tool is being utilized to help track the implementation of projects in the watershed.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(a) $39,500,000 the first year and $39,500,000 the second year are for grants to implement state-approved watershed-based plans. The grants may be used to implement projects or programs that protect, enhance, and restore surface PreviouswaterNext quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater from degradation; and protect drinking PreviouswaterNext sources. Projects must be identified in a comprehensive watershed plan developed under the One Watershed, One Plan program and seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface PreviouswaterNext 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. This appropriation may be used for: (1) implementing state-approved plans, including within the following watershed planning areas (see Chapter 40 Article 2 Section 6(a) (2) for the list of watershed planning areas: seven-county metropolitan groundwater or surface PreviouswaterNext management frameworks; and(3) other comprehensive watershed management plan planning areas that have a board-approved and local-government-adopted plan as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.801. The board must establish eligibility criteria and determine whether a planning area is ready to proceed and has the nonstate match committed.
This funding is estimated to reduce the amount of pollution reaching surface waters throughout the watershed by the following amounts: TP 570 lbs.; sed. 1000 tons; TN 1500 lbs.; bacteria 7.08E+15. Groundwater will be protected by sealing 10 wells and implementing Septic System upgrades. Outreach and education will be performed watershed wide to increase BMP adoption.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS