The VRWJPO and partners will be completing two activities under this grant. These activities include 1) a stream restoration project at Middle Creek in the City of Lakeville, and 2) an alum treatment feasibility study for Alimagnet Lake in the Cities of Apple Valley and Burnsville. The outcome for the Middle Creek restoration project is an estimated removal of 10.75 tons/year of TSS and 64.5 lbs/year of TP. The outcome for the alum treatment feasibility study is one completed lake alum treatment feasibility study.
Funding is prioritized to structural and non-structural practices within the Upper Mustinka and Fivemile Creek planning regions. In addition, a primary goal will be to complete a feasibility study for the Fivemile Creek Restoration as well as completion of the final phase of the Lake Traverse Water Quality Improvement Project. The BdSWD will focus on 4 CIPs within the Bois de Sioux River planning regions; WCD Sub-1, WCD 35 and WCD 20 & 25 drainage retrofit projects.
This is the third round of watershed based implementation funds to be shared by up to 13 LGU's between the Bois de Sioux River and Mustinka River watersheds. These funds are to implement grant eligible components of the 2021 - 2030 Joint Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan. Activities for this grant application are diverse, reflecting activities planned to improve water quality to and within legal drainage systems, streams, and lakes in the Bois de Sioux and Mustinka River watersheds.
The Lower St. Croix Watershed (LSCW) consists of an abundance of natural resources making it conducive for both agricultural production and urban areas. The watershed also contains various geologic features rendering substantial areas of the watershed to have vulnerable groundwater including DWSMA vulnerability, pollution sensitivity to wells, pollution sensitivity to near surface materials, karst features, and well testing show ? 5 mg/L nitrate.
Shamrock Township will erect a 7.5' x9' Veterans Memorial Monument on the Shamrock Township Property. This memorial will include concrete sidewalks, monument footings and slab, flagpole with concrete footings, 2 benches on concrete pads, trees, shrubs, flowers and additional landscaping.
The City of Waconia is partnering with American Legion Post 150 to fully restore the following three monuments in our City Square Park:
- Civil War Soldiers Monument = Dedicated in 1892 to recognize 559 Carver County soldiers who died during the Civil War.
- Civil War Cannon = Manufactured in 1846 and obtained for the village of Waconia in 1897 via the US Government Obsolete Civil War Cannon Program.
- World War I Veterans Monument = Dedicated in 1929 to recognize 122 Carver County Veterans from the World War I conflict.
Since the 1980s, our Veteran's Park has had very limited displays consisting of one short flag pole, one veteran's monument display, and one kneeling solder. Our plan would include:
1. Parking for visitors
2. Increased sidewalk for accessibility
3. A 35ft. flagpole for the American flag and POW flag centrally located
4. Five 25 ft. flagpoles for each branch of service
5. A concrete statue for each branch of service (Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force, Coast Guard), that would represent the Minnesota legacy of service in the Armed Forces.
The memorial project will include two paved walkways that will connect a seating area with the bike trail. The seating area will be a paved circle area with 3 flags at the top of the circle for the United States flag, the state of Minnesota flag, and a POW/MIA flag. The bottom of the circle will have a seating area with two memorial benches that will face the flags. There will also be a planned monument in the center that lists the names of local veterans. The area surrounding the circle/seating area will have new trees/shrubs planted to landscape the space and provide shade for users.
Additional greenspace will be developed to expand the memorial with new curb and gutter. Monuments will be replaced to include the 6th branch (Space Force). New lighted Bollards, Benches, Evergreen and Crabtrees will be planted. Names of veterans will be placed on the monument and added over time. A donor plaque will be included and placed in front of the City Christmas Tree signifying the Martha Anderson Veterans Memorial Park contributions made through community donors.
This solid steel memorial with attached didactic plaques will celebrate Minnesota?s women veterans and their prominence in the military from 1948 to present, representing nearly 75 years of Minnesota women's service to the Nation. The outcome of the work will be an inviting and reflective space where representative female veterans can be honored and recognized by the community. It will be created by collaboration between real Minnesota veterans and our artist community. Artists from both groups will be the driving force of this memorial creation and will be duly recognized.
The existing Memorial Park overlook in Red Wing was replaced in 2021 with a new overlook. This project ($335,000) included a new parking area to the side of a new pedestrian-oriented overlook designed with amphitheater-style seating around a circular observation deck. Connected to that is another smaller circular deck with a 60' high flag pole with the U.S. flag. The finishing touches of this new overlook area is to design and construct a granite base for the flagpole, incorporating the armed service medallions. On top of the granite base will be a sculpture, yet to be designed.
The VRWJPO, and its partner, the City of Lakeville, propose the installation of a fish barrier to prevent migration of rough fish between East Lake in Lakeville, MN and the North Creek tributary of the Vermillion River (North Creek). The partners also propose rough fish removals from East Lake. East Lake is a nutrient-impaired water body. Rough fish, specifically common carp and goldfish are both invasive species that have been found to be exacerbating internal nutrient load issues within East Lake.
The Kanabec County Veterans Memorial will be a phased plan to begin with a plaza which will include the US Flag and all service branch flags. We are requesting funding for the purchase of custom flag poles. The flags will surround a concrete plaza which will include a granite memorial listing all known Kanabec County veterans who were killed in action (WWII-current). At the granite KIA memorial will be a statue of a solider/person kneeling in honor of those killed. Around the concrete plaza will be installed "Walls of Honor".
We are planning on building a pavilion 20x48 to accommodate the public while viewing the veteran's memorial. It will have restrooms, picnic tables, and a display of Altura's history. Landscaping will include memorial walls, walkways, benches, flowers and trees.
Funds provided by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund will contribute to the cost of the sculpture depicting a 173rd airborne brigade soldier kneeling with a 120-pound pack with rifle in Afghanistan. The statue will be the focal point of Rice Lake Memorial Park?located near the intersection of Rice Lake Road and Martin Road in the City of Rice Lake within St. Louis County. The monument will remind the public of the intense burden put onto our soldiers who are defending our nation?s interests and keeping wars off of American soil.
Coon Creek WD will complete comprehensive subwatershed plans for at least three subwatersheds (Ditch 37, Ditch 39, Ditch 60) to identify and model water quality improvement projects to meet specific, measurable pollutant reduction goals. These subwatersheds drain to Coon and Sand Creeks which are impaired for Aquatic Life and Recreation and have pollutant reduction goals for TSS, TP, and E. coli.
The Chippewa River Watershed planning partnership has based its comprehensive watershed management plan (CWMP) on six planning regions. Each planning region has a list of prioritized and targeted resource concerns, measurable goals, and implementation actions. Implementation actions will be focused based on the CWMP on the highest and medium priority practices in locations within each planning region, which were prioritized based on local concerns, programs, etc.
The Lower Minnesota River West Partnership (Partnership) is a group of the Counties and Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) of McLeod, Nicollet, and Sibley, and High Island Creek Watershed District. The Partnership covers an area north and west of the Minnesota River (498,000 acres), including four major tributaries (High Island Creek, Rush River, Silver Creek and Bevens Creek) . The Partnership was formed to develop a Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (Plan) through the One Watershed, One Plan (1W1P) program detailed in Minnesota Statutes 103B.801.
This project will install urban stormwater and shoreline stabilization practices in the Sunrise River watershed. The grant includes funds for technical/engineering time associated with these projects and grant administration.
This grant will install urban stormwater practices, agricultural practices, shoreline stabilizations, and wetland restorations in the Rum River watershed. It will also include technical/engineering to support those projects and other projects anticipated to be installed with future grant funds. The grant will produce enhanced street sweeping studies to determine altered sweeping location, timing and frequency to benefit water quality. Finally, the grant will include outreach/education to advance water quality practices and behaviors.
The Rum River Watershed Partnership will implement Priority Level A and B Actions. While not explicitly called out, actions that obtain multiple benefits to other Level B and C priority issues, such as Natural Resources?Protection, Management, and Restoration of Upland Habitat, a Level B issue, will be given priority. The work plan targets Tier 1-3 waters identified in the CWMP.
The Des Moines River Watershed Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan focuses on 9 priority 'A'and 9 priority 'B' issues (p. 17-19) that are collectively addressed by 14 short-term and long-term measurable goals (p. 25-52) in the areas of groundwater, surface water, habitat, and land stewardship.
