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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.

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.

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.

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.

Additional Lab and Statistical Analyses for 2012 Wild Rice Field Survey-Category 4
Recipient: 
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$49,977
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will provide lab analyses and interpretation required for 2012 wild rice field survey. The 2012 lab analyses will be merged with the 2011 field survey data and determine what additional work, if any, is needed during the 2013 field season.

Statewide
Additional Monitoring Well Installation Ambient Groundwater Monitoring and Assessment Program Twin Cities Metro Area Sites-FY2012
Recipient: 
Peer Engineering
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$72,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Contractor assistance with site selection, reconnaissance and obtaining access for installation of ambient groundwater monitoring wells in Ramsey county and Hennepin county. This project will provide services and oversight of the installation for up to 16 well sites.

Statewide
Ambient Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network Design, Improvements, and Implementation Plan
Recipient: 
AMEC Geomatrix
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$80,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Installation of 35-40 monitoring wells in the 11 county metropolitan area.

Statewide
Ambient Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network Installation Northern Minnesota
Recipient: 
Widseth Smith & Nolting
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$177,052
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Contractor assistance with site selection, reconnaissance and obtaining access for installation of ambient groundwater monitoring wells in northcentral and northeastern Minnesota. This project will provide services and oversight of the installation for up to 31 well sites.

Statewide
Ambient Monitoring Well Construction
Recipient: 
Thein Well Company
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$73,945
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This construction project will provide the installation of (40) wells to support Ambient Groundwater monitoring activities at the MPCA.

Statewide
Ambient Monitoring Well Site Selection and Access Assistance
Recipient: 
Widseth Smith Nolting (WSN)
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$20,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Contractor assistance with site selection, reconnaissance and obtaining access for installation of ambient groundwater monitoring wells in Minnesota. This project will provide services for up to 25 well sites.

Ann River Watershed TMDL Project-Phase II
Recipient: 
Kanabec County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$112,265
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will be a complete TMDL report for the Biota and Bacteria (E. coli) impairments for the Ann River Watershed. The water bodies associated with these impairments will then be removed from the MPCA’s impaired waters list, and implementation activities to restore the water bodies will begin.

Statewide
Aquatic Invasive Species
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,177,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,513,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Statewide
Aquatic Invasive Species
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,177,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,513,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Statewide
Aquatic Invasive Species
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,177,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,513,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Statewide
Aquatic Invasive Species
Recipient: 
MN DNR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,177,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$2,513,000
Source: 
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Assessment of East Bethel Water Availability
Recipient: 
Metropolitan Council/Barr Engineering Company
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$110,200
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

On behalf of the Metropolitan Council, Barr Engineering Company was contracted to assess the local water resources in the City of East Bethel area, where the city and Metropolitan Council are working closely to design a water reclamation and reuse facility intended to treat wastewater generated by future growth.

Bald Eagle Lake TMDL Completion
Recipient: 
Wenck Associates, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,811
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will support updates to the Draft Bald Eagle Lake TMDL. The updates will address comments received during the public comment period. The comments resulted in the development of individual Wasteload Allocations for stormwater sources in the Bald Eagle Lake watershed.

Itasca
Big Fork River Event Based Sampling
Recipient: 
Itasca County Soil and Water Conservation District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$25,595
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will collect intermediate watershed load monitoring data on the Bigfork River which is critical to the identification of stressors and assist in defining areas of concern within the Bigfork Watershed and its greater Rainy River Watershed. Itasca County SWCD will closely collaborate with Koochiching SWCD and MPCA on this project.

Big Sandy & Minnewawa Lakes TMDL Implementation Plan
Recipient: 
Aitkin County Soil & Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$4,851
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will complete a Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for the watersheds of Big Sandy and Minnewawa Lakes. This restoration plan will provide pollution reduction and watershed management strategies that are developed with input from stakeholders in the watersheds.

Blue Earth County Buffers
Recipient: 
Blue Earth County
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$136,842
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Vegetated buffer and filter strips along waterways is a practice that addresses many surface water concerns. Establishing permanent vegetation along waterways is an implementation priority in the Blue Earth County Water Management Plan and required by local ordinance and Minnesota Rules.

Blue Earth County Ravine and Stream Stabilization
Recipient: 
Blue Earth SWCD
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$57,895
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

Ravine, stream bank and bluff erosion contribute significant amounts of sediment to rivers and streams. The MPCA report, “Identifying sediment sources in the Minnesota River Basin,” found the Blue Earth and Le Sueur watersheds contribute as much as half of the sediment to the Minnesota River, even though they account for only one-fifth of its drainage area.

Bluff Creek Watershed TMDL Project—Phase 4
Recipient: 
Barr Engineering Company
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$18,020
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will develop a Final TMDL report and Implementation Plan for the Bluff Creek Watershed.  The main outcomes of this project are the development of a Final TMDL Report approved by MPCA and EPA and a Final Implementation Plan approved by MPCA. 

Bois de Sioux River Watershed Restoration and Protection Project
Recipient: 
Bois de Sioux Watershed District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount:
$285,000
Source: 
Clean Water Fund

This project will set water quality goals for the Minnesota portions of the watershed, recommend allocations for achieving total maximum daily loads where waters do not meet Minnesota state standards and are listed as impaired, and recommend management strategies for those Minnesota waters meeting state standards.

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.