The RIM-WRP Partnership Program, Phase 4

BWSR

Quick Facts

Recipient: 
BWSR
Source: 
Outdoor Heritage Fund
Recipient Type: 
State Government
Status: 
In Progress
Activity Type: 
Land Acquisition
Counties Affected 
Statewide

The RIM-WRP Partnership will protect and restore 9,385 acres of previously drained wetlands and adjacent native grasslands on 75 conservation easements. It will leverage $22 million in federal WRP funds.

Project Details

Status: 
In Progress
Start Date: 
July 2012
End Date: 
June 2014

Project Details by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year(s): 
2013
Legal Citation / Subdivision: 
ML 2012, Ch. 264, Art. 1, Sec. 2, Subd. 4(a)
Appropriation Language 

$13,810,000 in the second year is to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to acquire permanent conservation easements and restore wetlands and associated upland habitat in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture Wetlands Reserve Program. A list of land acquisitions must be provided as part of the final report. The accomplishment plan must include an easement stewardship plan. Up to $180,000 is for establishing a monitoring and enforcement fund as approved in the accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial report is required for any monitoring and enforcement fund established, including expenditures from the fund and a description of annual monitoring and enforcement activities.

Fiscal Year Funding Amount: 
$13,810,000
Other Funds Leveraged: 
$24,620,000
Direct expenses: 
$13,810,000
Administration costs: 
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded: 
6.75
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s) 

Protect in easement 3097 acres of wetlands and 6,288 acres of prairies

Source of Additional Funds: 

Federal WRP dollars

Project Manager

Tim
Koehler
BWSR
520 Lafayette Rd. N.
St. Paul
MN
55155
651-602-7857