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Sibley SWCD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$114,400
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Sibley
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Nicollet
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Sibley SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Provides grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts that focuses on increasing capacity to address four resource concern areas?Soil Erosion, Riparian Zone Management, Water Storage and Treatment, and Excess Nutrients.

Sibley
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,000
Fund Source

Sibley SWCD will implement a cost share program aimed at providing financial assistance to landowners to seal abandoned or unused wells, as directed by the 2013-2023 Sibley County Water Plan. Priority will be given to wells in areas that are highly vulnerable.

Sibley
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Sibley County
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$237,302
Fund Source
Sibley
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Nicollet SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,200
Fund Source
Nicollet
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Nicollet SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$126,291
Fund Source
Nicollet
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Sibley SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$129,945
Fund Source
Nicollet
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Sibley SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,620
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
Fund Source
Nicollet
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Sibley SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,500
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$122,389
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$130,382
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,000
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,500
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$127,159
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$242,500
Fund Source
Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,000
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Area 6 - South Central Technical Service Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

South Central Technical Service Area (SCTSA) will use this Clean Water Fund grant to provide Soil and Water Conservation Districts and other local organizations in its eleven-county area with a Geographic Information System (GIS) Technician to assist in using available GIS information to target specific locations where Best Management Practices (BMPs) can be installed to help improve water quality.

Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Waseca
Watonwan
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$90,400
Fund Source

This project will layer hydrologic, hydraulic, geomorphic, and pollutant loading analysis with existing countywide PTMApp outputs to identify the four highest priority areas for BMP implementation in an eastern Nicollet County ravine system experiencing dramatic mass wasting events. Three alternatives for each priority site will be presented, including an evaluation of water quality benefit, construction costs, and a cost-benefit summary.

Nicollet
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,004,297
Fund Source

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.

McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$596,617
Fund Source
McLeod
Nicollet
Renville
Sibley
Recipient
BWSR
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,544,000
Fund Source

The Clean Water Fund (CWF) and Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF) were used together to secure easements on buffer areas. 71 easements have been recorded for a total of 1,083.9 acres and are reported in the output tables for the final report (acre total does not include Clean Water Fund acres). The total acreage from both CWF and OHF sources for recorded easements is 2,105.0 acres. Only the OHF acres are being reported in this final report to be consistent with the approved accomplishment plan.

Brown
Clay
Dodge
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Martin
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stearns
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Nicollet County
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$84,152
Fund Source

Nicollet County is located in south central Minnesota and is bordered on two sides by the Minnesota River. A line of forested bluffs separate the river valley from land that is relatively flat and historically used for agricultural purposes. Approximately 245,000 acres of the County are actively farmed. The 2012 impaired waters list for water bodies located in Nicollet County include the Minnesota River, Seven Mile Creek, Rogers Creek and tributaries to the Rush River.

Nicollet
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Nicollet SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$374,625
Fund Source
Nicollet
Recipient
BWSR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,808,000
Fund Source

Under the CREP partnership with USDA, 71 easements were recorded on a total of 4,365 acres to restore previously drained wetlands and adjacent uplands. The easements were accomplished with local implementation done by SWCD, NRCS and FSA staff within the 54 county CREP area and leveraged federal funds for both landowner payments and cost share for conservation practice installation.

Becker
Blue Earth
Carver
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stearns
Wilkin
Recipient
BWSR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000,000
Fund Source

The Clean Water Fund (CWF) and Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF) were used together to secure easements on buffer areas. 25 easements have been recorded for a total of 672.1 acres and are reported in the output tables for the final report (acre total does not include Clean Water Fund acres). The total acreage from both CWF and OHF sources for recorded easements is 1,152.4 acres. Only the OHF acres are being reported in this final report to be consistent with the approved accomplishment plan.

Blue Earth
Brown
Clay
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lincoln
Martin
Mower
Nicollet
Pipestone
Renville
Rock
Stearns
Waseca
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
BWSR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,398,000
Fund Source

Under the CREP partnership with USDA, 38 easements were recorded on a total of 2,732 acres to restore previously drained wetlands and adjacent uplands. One easement is a flowage easement that was required to complete wetland restoration work on an adjacent

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Grant
Martin
Meeker
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Steele
Swift
Traverse
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
BWSR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,708,000
Fund Source

The Clean Water Fund (CWF) and Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF) were used together to secure easements on buffer areas. 84 easements have been recorded for a total of 1,441 acres and are reported in the output tables for the final report (acre total does not include Clean Water Fund acres). The total acreage from both CWF and OHF sources for recorded easements is 2,793.2 acres. Only the OHF acres are being reported in this final report to be consistent with the approved accomplishment plan.

Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Freeborn
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Nicollet SWCD
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$683,950
Fund Source

Seven Mile Creek is a direct tributary to the Minnesota River in south-central Minnesota. It drains heavily tiled agricultural land in its upper watershed and meanders through a forested valley as a spring-fed trout stream within Nicollet County's premier park.

Nicollet