Prioritizing and Targeting Conservation in the Buffalo-Red: PTMApp and Geomorphic Assessment

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$168,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund
Recipient
Buffalo-Red River WD
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
Completed
End Date
May 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Becker
Clay
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Project Overview

This project will result in the development of three critical pieces of information. They include: 1. Development of restoration and protection strategies for all waterbodies in the district relative to the State's Non-point Source Funding plan 2. Use of PTMApp to tie the WRAPs implementation tables from the Buffalo and Red River Watersheds to targeted on-the-ground projects and practices that will provide measurable water quality improvements, and 3. Conduct a geomorphic assessment of the districts streams to target practices that improve the geomorphic stability of waterways within the District.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

See http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/aboutbwsr/index.html and http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/aboutbwsr/boarddirectory.pdf

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

See http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/aboutbwsr/index.html

Conflict of Interest Contact

Marcey Westrick

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015, First Special Session, Chapter 2, Article 2, Section 7(c)
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$168,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$42,000
Direct expenses
$168,000
Administration costs
$1
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The PTMApp was specifically built to lead to more effective AND efficient implementation of on-the-ground water quality projects and practices. The outputs of the PTMApp tool will be utilized to develop Multipurpose Drainage Management Plans as ditch rep

Measurable Outcome(s)

The analysis of restoration and protection strategies were completed. A technical memorandum that includes the resulting product was published in 2019. This includes an investigation of setting goals for altered hydrology using gage data and the ability to downscale altered hydrology goals using modeling data.
Additional work was encountered to run PTMApp through this project as the inputs, assumed to be ready for use, needed modernization in order to run in the most recent version of MNBWSR?s PTMApp Toolbar. PTMApp data processing should be complete in the winter of 2019 and available for use the Buffalo-Red River Watershed 1W1P process.
Develop methods for evaluating bank erosion, preliminary bank migration assessment based on desktop digitization from historic aerial photos. Prep for field work. field work completed October 23-25, 2017. Download, evaluate and analysis of field data. Preliminary concept for assessing bank erosion in a GIS environment has been developed and was validated against field work from the MN DNR and this project in 2019. The GIS assessment was finalized by making use of the PTMApp data developed through this AIG.
87 hours were dedicated to in field training with the engineer and new survey equipment.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS

Project Manager
First Name
Bruce
Last Name
Albright
Organization Name
Buffalo-Red River WD
Street Address
114 Front St S; 1303 4th AVE NE, PO Box 341
City
Barnesville
State
MN
Zip Code
56514
Phone
218-354-7710
Email
brrwd@bvillemn.net
Administered By
Administered by
Location

520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651- 296-3767