Shell Rock and Winnebago River CWMP Implementation FY 2024
The Shell Rock and Winnebago Watersheds partnership will implement projects including, but not limited to, septic upgrades, well sealing, cover crop installation, CRP incentives, waterway installation, WASCOB installation and implementing street sweeping activities. These projects will yield an estimated 3,473 lbs./year reduction of total phosphorus, a 40,625 lb./year reduction of total nitrogen, and 1,619 tons/year of sediment. The partnership will also host two soil health events and send out mailers advertising for agricultural BMPs and providing water quality education and outreach information. Project location targeting will be prioritized to the Fountain Lake and Albert Lea Lake sub watersheds, as identified in the plan.
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.
Projects will yield an estimated 3,473 lbs./year reduction of total phosphorus, 40,625 lbs./year reduction of total nitrogen, 1,619 tons/year of sediment removed, 6 septic systems installed, and 10 wells sealed.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS