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Recipient
Benton SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$182,500
Fund Source

This project targets nutrient reductions within the Mayhew and Big Elk Lake watersheds. The Benton Soil and Water Conservation District will work with farmers in implementing a variety of conservation practices including, but not limited to cropland erosion control projects, riparian pasture management, and nutrient management and feedlot pollution control systems. These strategies were identified through Total Daily Maximum Load Studies.

Benton
Sherburne
Recipient
Elk River Watershed Association
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,000
Fund Source

A completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study has identified mid to late summer phosphorus loading as a significant stressor to lakes and streams within the Big Elk Lake watershed. While this comprehensive study serves its role as the unifying document that identifies pollutants and sources, further work is required in order to develop site-specific Best Management Practices, design these practices, and oversee their implementation in order to reach clean water goals.

Benton
Sherburne
Recipient
Area 3 - Technical Service Area
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Kanabec
Lake
Mille Lacs
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
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
Anoka CD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
Fund Source

This project will provide public outreach and engagement throughout Anoka County through a newly formed county-wide partner collaboration of Anoka County Watersheds, Cities and the Soil and Water Conservation District. The ultimate goal of this project is to enlist the active support of target audiences to achieve water management goals. This project is funded through the Anoka County allocation of the Watershed-Based Funding Pilot Program for the Seven County Metropolitan Area.

Anoka
Recipient
Anoka, City of
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$114,274
Fund Source

This project will stabilize eroding riverbanks on the Mississippi River through a partnership of the City of Anoka and the Anoka Conservation District. The project will result in the reduction of total suspended solids by at least 5 tons per year and phosphorus by 8 pounds per year to the Mississippi River. This project is funded through the Anoka County allocation of the Watershed-Based Funding Pilot Program for the Seven County Metropolitan Area.

Anoka
Recipient
Coon Creek WD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$191,973
Fund Source

This project will improve water quality to Coon and Pleasure Creeks through the installation of stormwater pond filter bench retrofits in the cities of Blaine and Coon Rapids. Filter bench media will consist of iron-enhanced sand and biochar media to maximize reduction of dissolved and bacterial pollutants. Public events will also be held to engage stakeholders during the project. This project is funded through the Anoka County allocation of the Watershed-Based Funding Pilot Program for the Seven County Metropolitan Area.

Anoka
Recipient
Sunrise River WMO
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$156,750
Fund Source

This multifaceted project will provide education and install practices to improve water quality in the Sunrise River Watershed. This will be accomplished by: 1) retrofitting stormwater basins and treating stormwater through swales and/or rain gardens to reduce nutrients and sediment to Coon and Martin Lakes, 2) surveying carp populations and developing a Linwood Lake carp feasibility study and management plan, and 3) increasing lakeshore stewardship projects on Typo, Coon, Fawn, Pet, Linwood, Island Lakes through environmental education about water quality.

Anoka
Recipient
Area 3 - Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Kanabec
Lake
Mille Lacs
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Area 4 - Metropolitan SWCDs Technical Service Area
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
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
Mille Lacs SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$260,004
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Rice Creek WD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$413,336
Fund Source
Anoka
Hennepin
Hennepin
Recipient
Sherburne 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.

Sherburne
Recipient
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
Anoka CD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Sherburne
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
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,264
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Mille Lacs SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Anoka CD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$128,180
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Mille Lacs SWCD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$276,217
Fund Source
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Sibley County
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$237,302
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Anoka CD
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Coon Creek WD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$77,542
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Anoka CD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,193
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Vadnais Lake Area WMO
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$93,042
Fund Source
Anoka
Ramsey
Recipient
Mille Lacs SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$133,851
Fund Source
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Mille Lacs SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,600
Fund Source
Mille Lacs
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,600
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Anoka CD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Anoka CD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$128,180
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Sherburne SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,264
Fund Source
Sherburne
Recipient
Anoka CD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,600
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Chisago SWCD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,264,531
Fund Source
Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Pine
Washington
Recipient
Rice Creek WD
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$93,042
Fund Source
Anoka
Recipient
Sibley SWCD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Sibley
Recipient
Rice Creek WD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

Rice Creek WD proposes completion of three projects during this WBIF cycle: 1) Clearwater Creek Stabilization Scoping: The portion of the Main Trunk of Anoka Washington Judicial Ditch 3 (AWJD3, also known as Clearwater Creek) downstream of I-35E has a steep grade with heavily scoured and sloughing banks due to high peak flows and channel velocities and unstable sandy soils.

Anoka
Ramsey
Recipient
Anoka CD
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$371,157
Fund Source

We will carry out activities selected by the Rum River metro watershed convene group including the Upper and Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organizations, Anoka Conservation District, and a city representative.

Anoka