LQP-YB Watershed Plan
The LQP-YB Watershed Plan will be used to implement projects in the Watershed to help with ground water, surface water, land stewardship, & habitat. The plan is broken into high, medium, & low priority regions and the local partners will work with landowners to implement projects to help meet the goals of the plan, by starting with the most emphasis placed in the high priority region. In addition to the planning regions we also have watershed wide goals that we will be targeting as outlined in the plan. This project has been a collaborative effort between Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine , & Lincoln Counties,
Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, & Lincoln SWCD's, the Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank Watershed District, and Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects.
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.
This grant will combine the 13 priority issues to treat 2,000 acres with nonstructural conservation practices such as cover crops and no till, host 4 educational events to promote plan implementation and implement 20 agricultural BMP contracts.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS