LW WBIF FY24
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. Actions proposed in the work plan will address the diversity of resources, high level of non-private lands, and a dual approach of restoration and protection.
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.
Complete streambank, ditch and riparian conservation practices to reduce sediment by 50 tons/year and 120 pounds of phosphorus/year, make 550 forested acres eligible for long-term protection, address one-half miles of unstable drainages.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS