Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155

651- 296-3767
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Related Projects

Targeting Conservation Practices to Reduce Sediment to the Whitewater and Zumbro Rivers
Recipient: 
Olmsted Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$59,298
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Whitewater River is one of Minnesota's most scenic and best loved rivers. The Whitewater's pools are home to brown, brook and rainbow trout, making the river one of the state's most popular trout fishing areas. Yet, water quality is of concern.

"Lake Sweep" SSTS compliance Inspections on Boy and Swift Lakes
Recipient: 
Cass County Environmental Services Department
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$24,120
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Boy and Swift Lakes are connected lakes on the Boy River, the major tributary stream to Leech Lake. In cooperation with funding from the Boy/Swft Lake Association and the Initiative Foundation Healthy Lakes and Rivers program, this project will result in Subsurface Treatment System (SSTS) compliance inspections on up to 290 properties on Boy Lake and 69 on Swift Lake.

A Sedimentation Pond for Carver County Ditch #4A
Recipient: 
Carver SWCD
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$40,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The purpose of this project is to install a sediment pond along County Ditch #4A to trap sediment and associated pollutants before entering into Bevens Creek which drains into the Minnesota River.

 

Statewide
Acceleration of Minnesota Conservation Assistance
Recipient: 
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$313,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$312,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

A conservation partnership to employ 8 field technicians to secure enrollment and retention of 25,000 ac. of critical grasslands, wetlands and forest on private land in MN.

Agassiz Pool Accelerated Sediment Reduction
Recipient: 
Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$178,750
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Thief River and its tributaries have deteriorating water quality due to sedimentation. Sediment plumes and deltas have formed at the inlets of pools in Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (Agassiz Pool) and Thief Lake, an important recreational resource in Northwest Minnesota.

Agricultural and Urban Runoff Water Quality Treatment Analysis
Recipient: 
Blue Earth County Drainage Authority
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$485,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

The project will improve water quality, enhance ecological value, and provide a model/tool for agricultural drainage improvements. The results will be beneficial to producers and the environment on future projects.

Agricultural Conservation Partnership - Dakota County
Recipient: 
Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$150,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will improve surface and groundwater quality in the rural sections of the Vermillion and North Cannon River Watersheds located in Dakota County through the installation of targeted structural and vegetative conservation practices.

Aladdin Street BioInfiltration Basin Retrofit Installation
Recipient: 
Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$32,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project address a priority in the local water management plan and will install a bio-infiltration basin to capture stormwater runoff from a 2.3 acre site before it enters a protected wetland.

Animal Waste and Irrigation Water Management
Recipient: 
Benton SWCD
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$16,500
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project continues water plan activities from a 2007 Clean Water Legacy grant and initiates a multi‐county project to restore hydrology and water quality in an impaired trout stream.

Anoka Conservation District - Legislative Directed Funds - 2010
Recipient: 
Anoka Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$400,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

A direct appropriation of $400,000 in FY 2010 for the Anoka Conservation District (ACD) is for  the metropolitan landscape restoration program for water quality and improvement projects in the seven-county metro area.