Whiskey Creek "Enhancement Project"
The Wilkin SWCD will partner with the Buffalo Red River Watershed District, Natural Resources Conservation Service and landowners to install 75 grade stabilization structures to stabilize priority gullies that are contributing sediment to Whiskey Creek. We will also restore over five miles of stream through the construction of a two-stage meandering channel. When the 75 gullies are stabilized and five miles of channel is restored sediment loading to Whiskey Creek will be reduced by 1,524 tons/year and total phosphorus reduced by 839 pounds/year. Total sediment reduction associated with this project is 30% of the 5,175 tons/year goal set by the TMDL for Whiskey Creek during high flows.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(Projects and Practices)(b) $16,000,000 the first year and $16,000,000 the second year are for grants to local government units 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 this money may be used to seek administrative efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local governmental units. Up to 20 percent of this appropriation is available for land-treatment projects and practices that benefit drinking water.
The 75 structures and 5 miles of channel restoration will reduce sediment by 1,524 tons/year and total phosphorus by 839 lbs/yr. This is 30% of the TMDL goal of 5,175 tons/yr .
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