Upper North Fork Crow River Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring - Middle Fork River Watershed District

This project will conduct water chemistry monitoring at two subwatershed sites based on flow conditions and targeting runoff events. The data collected will be submitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and used in the FLUX32 model for calculating pollutant loads. This loading information, in turn, will be used at both the state and local level to guide policy and strategies for the restoration and protection of Minnesota’s waters. The Middle Fork River Watershed District (MFCRWD), along with the North Fork Crow River Watershed District (NFCRWD), will be partnering on a continuation of the previous WPLMN sampling project. This intensive sampling data will continue to create long term trends for these sites and help better understand: downstream impaired lakes, long term trends, changes from implementing upstream best management projects, and implementation of watershed restoration plans.  The MFCRWD and NFCRWD have been part of the WPLMN network since 2015, and continuing with the program will help in collecting vital data in the upper North Fork of the Crow River.