Lower Mississippi River Targeted Ravine Stabilization Project
Dakota County is partnering with the Dakota SWCD and the Vermillion River Watershed JPO to stabilize two severely eroded ravines and bluff areas within Spring Lake Park Reserve affecting Spring Lake and the Mississippi River. Spring Lake is a portion of Pool 2 of the Mississippi River located three miles upstream of U.S. Lock and Dam No. 2 at Hastings. The proposed project will include finalization of preliminary (30-60%) engineering plan drawings and construction of a variety of ravine stabilization practices totaling 1,200 linear feet within "Ravine 1" and 2,700 linear feet within "Ravine 2". Stabilization of these severely eroded areas will be accomplished using a combination of practices including retention to reduce peak flows, regrading of the ravine, hard armoring, and establishment of vegetation to reduce erosion and soil loss within the ravine. The proposed project addresses prevents soil loss by 525 tons/year, and achieves a 13.8 ton annual reduction in TSS and 11.7 pound annual reduction in TP toward the South Metro Mississippi River and Lake Pepin TSS TMDL.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(b) $16,000,000 the first year and $16,000,000 the second year are for grants to local government units to protect and restore surface water and drinking water; to keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect groundwater and drinking water, including feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage treatment system projects and stream bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization projects. The projects must use practices demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, include a match, and be consistent with total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local water management plans or their equivalents. A portion of this money may be used to seek administrative efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local governmental units. Up to 20 percent of this appropriation is available for land-treatment projects and practices that benefit drinking water.
The project prevents 525 tons of annual soil loss from 4,200 linear feet of severely eroded bluff and ravine areas, and reduces TSS loading by 13.8 ton/yr and TP loading by 11.7 lb/yr to address the South Metro Mississippi River and Lake Pepin TMDL.
Grant funds funded a project that was well done and met proposed measurable outcomes, preventing 525 tons of annual soil loss and reducing both TSS loading by 13.8 ton/yr and TP loading by 11.7 lb/yr to address the South Metro Mississippi River and Lake Pepin TMDL.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS