Middle Sauk River Protection Project
Current water quality data (2012-2017 SRWD) indicates that the middle reach of the Sauk River is near impairment conditions for turbidity and excessive nutrients. The goal of the Middle Sauk River Protection Project is to reduce nutrient and sediment loads by preventing nutrient and sediment export and mitigating mobilized nutrients. The Middle Sauk River Protection CWF Project proposes to increase the implementation of cover crops, field erosion control practices, and riparian restoration to reduce soil loss and nutrient runoff to protect the Middle Sauk River region from reaching impaired conditions. This project will utilize CWF dollars to provide technical and financial assistance for implementing riparian restoration and field erosion mitigation projects, and provide financial incentives to landowners for adopting cover crop practices. The focus area for this CWF project begins at the Sauk Lake Dam in Sauk Centre downstream to the City of Richmond where the Sauk River expands into the Sauk River Chain of Lakes. Priority will be given to the Sauk River and three of its primary tributaries, Getchell Creek, Stoney Creek and Unnamed Creek.
Annie Felix-Gerth
$6,882,000 the first year and $12,618,000 the second year are for grants 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 these funds may be used to seek administrative
Efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local
governmental units.
This project will result in a reduction of approximately 380 tons of sediment and 385 pounds of phosphorus per year to the Sauk River by addressing stream bank erosion and overland field erosion.
This project has resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 462.24 lbs of Phosphorus, 628.16 tons of Sediment, 31.28 tons of Soil Loss,
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS