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Brown County Water Monitoring Program
Recipient: 
Brown County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$32,345
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will further assess the water quality within Brown County by monitoring its rivers, streams, ditches and other waterbodies. This project will also be working in cooperation with individual volunteers to perform grab samples and visual assessments of seven waterbodies throughout Brown County.

Buffalo Creek TMDL Public Comments
Recipient: 
Wenck Associates, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$952
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will support the review of all public comments submitted for the Buffalo Creek TMDL and make appropriate edits and changes to the draft TMDL based on MPCA guidance.

Buffalo River Watershed Approach Plan 2
Recipient: 
Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$249,968
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The Buffalo River Watershed Pilot Project is one of two pilots in Minnesota designed to develop a watershed approach for managing Minnesota’s surface waters. The goal of this project is to develop a plan that will guide surface water quality management throughout the watershed.

Cannon River Watershed Stream and Lake Assessment III
Recipient: 
Cannon River Watershed Partnership
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$69,471
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will assess lakes and streams in the Cannon River watershed that have not been assessed to determine if they are meeting their designated uses. Some of these lakes and streams have data for certain pollutants, but not enough to complete an impairment assessment. The river and stream reaches are located in Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, and Waseca counties.

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Carlton County Citizen Lakes Monitoring Program
Recipient: 
Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$15,730
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will provide assessment data on the following five lakes: Venoah Lake, Spring Lake, Lac La Belle, Bear Lake, and Torch Light Lake (all within the Nemadji River Watershed and St. Louis River Watershed).

Carlton SWCD Civic Engagement and WRAP/TMDL Support
Recipient: 
Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$130,055
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

The goal of this project is to develop and complete the Watershed Restoration and Protection (WRAP) process and report, while also enlarging and sustaining a public participation process that encourages local ownership of water quality problems and solutions (civic engagement).

Carnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District "10" Impaired Lakes TMDL Project-Phase III
Recipient: 
Washington Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$103,598
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Continued TMDL project to support next phases associated with completion of TMDL's for ten lakes in the Carnelian Marine Saint Croix Watershed District (CMSCWD). Ten lakes are; East Boot, Fish, Goose, Hay, Jellum’s, Long, Loon, Louise, Mud and South Twin.

Carnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District – Multi Lakes TMDL Restoration Plan
Recipient: 
Washington Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$14,142
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project addresses the identified need for an Implementation Plan that provides an overall roadmap for the effort it will take to meet the Carnelian Marine St. Croix Multi-Lakes Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

Carnelian-Marine-St. Croix Watershed District Assessment Project
Recipient: 
Washington Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$3,264
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project involves monitoring Arcola Creek. Stewardship strategies were defined for long term protection for the creek as part of the District's Lower St. Croix River Spring Creek Stewardship Plan and Ten Year Comprehensive Water Management Plan. Water quality monitoring is necessary to gather appropriate data for assessment.

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Cass County Lake and Stream Monitoring Program
Recipient: 
Cass County Enviromental Services Department
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$198,971
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This monitoring project includes lake and stream monitoring and encompasses all of Cass County, and surrounding counties. The project will obtain water quality data for streams; in 2009, lakeshed assessments indicated that many surface waters throughout the county were data deficient.