Watershed Achievements Report
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<strong>Watershed</strong> Minnesota River <strong>Achievements</strong> Basin <strong>Report</strong> 2008<br />
<strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Statewide 2015<br />
education and civic engagement within the City of<br />
Winnebago and project area.<br />
Collaborative for Sediment Source Reduction: Greater<br />
Blue Earth River Basin – 2012<br />
Sponsor: U of M, Jeff Marr<br />
Funding: Section 319 (Grant) $300,000<br />
Purpose: This project will develop a sediment budget<br />
for the Greater Blue Earth River watershed; establish<br />
efficiency and cost of sediment reduction strategies<br />
(type, setting, and location); develop a sediment<br />
simulation model; build a decision analysis system;<br />
develop management strategy; provide seven workshops<br />
to develop and test the simulation model and decision<br />
tools; and complete all fiscal management and planning.<br />
Elm Creek Tile Outlet Treatment Trains – 2013<br />
Sponsor: Rural Advantage<br />
Funding: Section 319 (Grant) $165,000<br />
Purpose: Demonstrate innovative redesign of tile<br />
outlets using an innovative treatment train approach<br />
that addresses water traveling through drainage<br />
systems, focused toward linking upland practices with<br />
farm tile outlets to increase practice adoption, deliver<br />
environmental soundness and transfer knowledge on<br />
effective techniques resulting in improved nutrient<br />
management, post field treatment, reduced in-stream<br />
nutrient loads, and enhance wildlife and other ecosystem<br />
services while maintaining agricultural productivity.<br />
Greater Blue Earth Urban Retrofit Initiative – 2012<br />
Sponsor: Faribault County SWCD<br />
Funding: Section 319 (Grant) $270,250<br />
Purpose: This project will use various electronic<br />
and printed media, as well as meetings, to promote<br />
environmentally-friendly stormwater management<br />
practices; design and implement stormwater retrofit and<br />
new stormwater practices; provide technical assistance<br />
for stormwater implementation; track grant project and<br />
matching fund expenditures; and complete required<br />
reporting.<br />
Chippewa River<br />
Chippewa River Accelerated Restoration – 2012<br />
Sponsor: Chippewa County<br />
Funding: CWP (Loan) $900,000<br />
Purpose: This project will promote and install 90 SSTS,<br />
rural and agricultural BMPs in the Chippewa River<br />
watershed.<br />
Chippewa River Phosphorus Reduction Practices – 2013<br />
Sponsor: Chippewa River <strong>Watershed</strong> Project<br />
Funding: Section 319 (Grant) $279,518<br />
Purpose: Address phosphorus loading sources within<br />
the watershed and effectively reduce the amount<br />
of pollutant load entering the local priority waters<br />
within the watershed and lower the Chippewa River<br />
<strong>Watershed</strong>’s contribution to the Minnesota River. The<br />
utilization of alternative surface tile intakes, drop<br />
side inlets, cover crops, livestock exclusion (fencing),<br />
pasture management/planned grazing, and water and<br />
sediment control basins will provide the best options<br />
for landowners to make site and management specific<br />
choices for reducing phosphorus.<br />
Chippewa River <strong>Watershed</strong> Protection – 2015<br />
Sponsor: Chippewa River <strong>Watershed</strong> Project<br />
Funding: Clean Water Partnership (Grant) $296,965 and<br />
Clean Water Partnership (Loan) $350,000<br />
Purpose: Stabilize 235 feet of streambank with bioengineering<br />
techniques, install 10 shoreline restorations,<br />
install approximately 3/4 mile of livestock exclusion<br />
fencing, enroll 30 acres of buffer strips, upgrade<br />
septic systems, and other recognized BMP’s for<br />
reducing pollutant loading that may be brought forth<br />
by landowners that would have a direct impact on<br />
protecting water quality. Program evaluation tools will be<br />
developed to evaluate other key activities within program<br />
elements such as bus tours, field days, and public<br />
meetings. Levels of nutrients and sediments will be<br />
monitored on an ongoing basis to compare with the 15<br />
years of historic data available and point to any increasing<br />
or decreasing trends in water quality. Using BWSR’s<br />
calculation tools it is estimated that 235 ft of streambank<br />
stabilization will reduce phosphorus by 68 lbs/yr and<br />
delivery of sediment by 59 tons/yr. Shoreline restorations<br />
reduce phosphorus by 35.05 lbs/yr and sediment by 41.25<br />
tons/yr, buffer strips reduce phosphorus by 3,416 lb/yr<br />
and sediment by 2,867 tons/yr, sediment basins reduce<br />
sediment by 75 tons/yr and reduce phosphorus by 90<br />
lbs/yr, livestock exclusion fencing saves three tons of soil<br />
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