Soil & Water Conservation District Guidebook 2008 - Minnesota ...

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Pictured: The SWCD re-sloped and stabilized both banks of the
Moose River near the impoundment outlet.
Cleaning up the Moose River is listed as a
priority for the Marshall-Beltrami SWCD and was also
deemed a priority area by the Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP) local work group committee.
The river was added to the MPCA impaired waters list in
2006. Projects along the Moose River are compounded
by the river being the north outlet for the Moose River
Impoundment and multi-agency jurisdictions.
The Marshall-Beltrami SWCD has been working with other
local governmental entities to stabilize the banks on both
sides of the Moose River. In 2002, The SWCD matched
funds from the Red Lake Watershed District with funds from
the State Cost-share Program to rip-rap a portion of the river
bank. Engineering assistance was provided by the Beltrami
County Highway Department. In 2005, another portion of
the bank was stabilized with fi nancial assistance from the
State Cost-share Program, the Red Lake Watershed District
and the Beltrami County Con-Con funds. Engineering
assistance was again provided by the Beltrami County
Highway Department.
A funding request for a third phase of the stream bank
stabilization of the Moose River through the Clean Water
Legacy was not funded. The SWCD is continuing to work
on the possibility of completing a portion of that project.
In 2005, the SWCD also utilized State Cost-share funds with
local landowners to install two grade stabilization structures
and a grassed waterway adjacent to another portion of the
Moose River.
Marshall-Beltrami Soil & Water Conservation District
Wetland delineation was done by
the Marshall-Beltrami SWCD on proposed
All-Terrain Vehicle trails in 2005. The SWCD
entered into a contract with the DNR to
delineate these wetlands.
Top 5 Natural Resource Concerns
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Addressing water quality impairments on
the Thief River.
Addressing water quality impairments on
the Mud River.
Addressing water quality impairments on
the Moose River.
Reducing sediment from agricultural land
and feedlots.
Addressing wetland issues through the
Wetland Conservation Act.
Future Projects
Culvert inventory: The Marshall-Beltrami
SWCD will be starting the fi rst year of a project
to conduct a culvert inventory in northwestern
Beltrami County. There are approximately 450
miles of drainage ditches in the 12 township area.
Culverts will be GPS mapped and a worksheet
showing location, size, length, type, condition
and other characteristics will be noted and
ultimately entered onto a computerized data
base system with the Beltrami County Highway
Department. This project is scheduled to be
completed by June 30, 2010.
Moose River Riparian and Stabilization: The
Marshall-Beltrami SWCD is in the initial planning
stages of a riparian and stabilization project along
a curve in the upper reaches of the Moose River.
This project was submitted for funding through
the Clean Water Legacy and consisted of 7 vortex
weirs and biological engineering to stabilize the
banks. Without CWL funding, a smaller project
with rip-rap and possibly some bio-engineering
practices is being looked at.
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