We propose to use existing data sets to link beaver population data to water storage in beaver ponds, to determine if they buffer against droughts and floods.
Climate change, beaver herbivory and Emerald Ash Borer are significant threats to upper Mississippi floodplain forests. Our extensive partnership is identifying solutions to save floodplain wildlife habitat before it disappears.
to construct the Beebe Lake Regional Trail, which is a new 3.8 mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along CSAH 34 in the cities of Hanover and St. Michael
to acquire 12.65 miles of abandoned rail line for trail development with connection to existing biking lane and trail head of the Blazing Star State Trail located in Albert Lea
Acquire 124-acre addition to existing 496-acre Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park. This property consists of 1,200 acres, including four undeveloped lakes (5.75 miles of lake shore and 1.5 miles of streams), in Wright County.
Acquire a 126.7-acre portion of the Bertram Chain of Lakes. The total project will encompass 1,200 acres of land and water, including four undeveloped lakes (5.75 miles of lake shore and 1.5 miles of streams).
Acquire 126.7 acres of the Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park. The total project will encompass 1,200 acres of land and water, including four undeveloped lakes (5.75 miles of lake shore and 1.5 miles of streams), in Wright County.
Acquire the 62 acres of the Bertram Chain of Lakes. This property consists of 1,200 acres, including four undeveloped lakes (5.75 miles of lake shore and 1.5 miles of streams), in Wright County. This project will expand a new regional park, which is currently 370 acres in size along the I-94 growth corridor.
Overall Project Outcomes and Results
The 2004 LCMR Parks Study and the 2003-2008 State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) recommended better coordination among Minnesota's outdoor recreation providers. This project addressed these recommendations by engaging public and private outdoor recreation leaders to transform better coordination into shared knowledge and practices.
Wild rice abundance has greatly declined across Big Rice Lake, while other competitive vegetation has drastically increased. This proposal will utilize knowledge gained from small-scale vegetation work as well as hydrological alterations and apply it to a lake-wide scale to enhance conditions for wild rice success. A total of 2,072 acres of wild rice habitat will be enhanced as a result of the OHF lake outlet work that will impact water levels. 850 acres of the existing 1,000 pickerel weed will be treated to allow wild rice to regenerate.
The City of Rogers purchased a total of 41.28 acres of land that includes 19.99 acres of high quality, ecologically significant Big Woods Maple-Basswood forest in southern Rogers. The forest is a portion of a 59.71-acre Centennial Farm owned by Denny and Jan Stieg, whose family has resided on the property for more than 100 years. As development encroaches and the CSAH 117 extension is planned to bisect the property in the future, the family wishes to ensure that this patch of remnant Big Woods Maple-Basswood forest is preserved in perpetuity.
MPRB will work strategically with allies and volunteers to collect baseline biodiversity data for urban parks to inspire stewardship and inform habitat restoration work.
Pilot the implementation of portable biochar kilns in natural resource management and restoration as a reduced carbon-emitting, biologically beneficial alternative to open pile burning when managing invasive trees and shrubs.
Garlic mustard is a non-native, invasive plant species that is severely threatening native plant communities and degrading wildlife habitat in forest and riparian zones throughout the state. The plant is considered the highest priority species for development of long-term management solutions such as biological control, which involves using natural enemies of a non-native species from its native region to control or reduce the impact of the species in the areas where they are invasive.
This project consists of the design of a new marina/dock complex on Birch Lake in Babbitt Minnesota. The City will own and operate the marina/dock complex.
This project consists of expanding the existing Birch Lake Recreation Area to add a new 22 acre campground that will include 49 campsites for recreational vehicles and tent campers.
This project consists of expanding the existing Birch Lake Recreation Area to add a new 22 acre campground that will include 49 new campsites that will accommodate recreational vehicles/tents.
This program will protect 300-500 acres of land in the blufflands region of southeastern Minnesota--an area that contains unique and ecologically important prairie, oak savanna and grassland habitat along with outstanding forested bluffs, woodlands, wetlands and cold water trout streams along the Mississippi River.
Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District will acquire in fee and perpetually protect 148 acres containing high priority wetland and upland habitat south of Bone Lake in the northern metro Washington County. This proposal will protect habitat for the Blanding's turtle and other native species, keep water on the landscape, improve water quality, and protect groundwater. These multiple potential water resource benefits make this site a high priority in the District's 10-Year Watershed Management Plan.
This full-scale pilot will evaluate supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) for managing PFAS in biosolids and water treatment residuals. SCWO can destroy PFAS in a variety of wastes and recover energy.
Sustainably built singletrack mountain bike trail connecting trail clusters that draws new visitors and becomes part of the NE Minnesota efforts to become a national destination for mountain biking.
The City of Brookston will be designing a campground, boat launch, and outdoor recreation area on the banks of the St. Louis River in northeastern Minnesota.
The City of Brookston will be building a campground, boat launch, and outdoor recreation area on the banks of the St. Louis River in northeastern Minnesota.
Over a century ago, the construction of Judicial Ditch No. 3 resulted in the rerouting of the South Branch of the Buffalo River, completely changing its flow characteristics. In the first phase of this multi-phase project, the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District (BRRWD) in partnership with landowners, federal, state, and local agencies, will put much of the rerouted channel back restoring up to 4.6 miles of the South Branch with up to 100 acres of associated riparian habitat corridor.
This project entailed a number of small individual improvements to the park made over a 3 year period, including constructing a drinking fountain with an accessible sidewalk at the beach in Buffalo River State Park, repairing a broken water line, rebuilding the main park entrance sign, purchasing sand to stem the flooding of nearby Buffalo R into the beach area, purchasing accessible fire rings, and purchase of new park signs.
