Whiskey Creek Gully Stabilization Project
The Wilkin Soil and Water Conservation District will partner with the Buffalo Red River Watershed District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and landowners to install 59 side inlets to stabilize high priority gullies that are contributing sediment to Whiskey Creek. When these 59 gullies are stabilized, sediment loading to Whiskey Creek will be reduced by an estimated 1,006 tons per year and total phosphorus reduced by 794 pounds per year. The total sediment reduction associated with this project is 19% of the 5,175 tons per year goal set by the Total Maximum Daily Load for Whiskey Creek during high flows.
Projects and Practices 2019
Nicole Clapp
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.
The 59 structures reduce sediment by 1,006 tons/year and total phosphorus by 794 lbs/yr. This is 19.4% of the
TMDL goal 5,175 tons/yr . Stabilizing the top 59 gullies equals 40% of the sediment and 32% of the phosphorus loads from all 207 gullies.
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS