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  • Aitkin County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Preserving Water Quality in the Mille Lacs Lake Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $73,543
       Funds Leveraged: $41,391
       Project Cost: $114,934
       View the Report

  • Aitkin County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Water Quality Improvements for the Big Sandy Lake Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $33,900
       Funds Leveraged: $29,690
       Project Cost: $63,590
       View the Report

  • Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission
    Bassett Creek and Plymouth Creek Stabilization Projects
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $360,000
       Funds Leveraged: $1,601,300
       Project Cost: $1,961,300
       View the Report

  • Benton SWCD
    Management of Irrigation Water and Animal Waste
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $16,500
       Funds Leveraged: $7,500
       Project Cost: $24,000
       View the Report

  • Blue Earth County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Channel management in the LeSueur River
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $246,750
       Funds Leveraged: $61,688
       Project Cost: $308,438
       View the Report

  • Brown's Creek Watershed District
    Stillwater Country Club Water Quality Improvement Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $62,000
       Funds Leveraged: $58,662
       Project Cost: $120,662
       View the Report

  • Capitol Region Watershed District
    Green Infrastructure for the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $665,000
       Funds Leveraged: $4,449,865
       Project Cost: $5,114,865
       View the Report

  • City of Savage
    Utica Ravine Stabilization
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $130,000
       Funds Leveraged: $86,636
       Project Cost: $216,636
       View the Report

  • Clearwater River Watershed District
    Reducing Phosphorus Loads to Lake Betsy by Protecting Willow Creek
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $70,900
       Funds Leveraged: $118,650
       Project Cost: $189,550
       View the Report

  • Crow Wing Soil & Water Conservation District
    Project Recharge! Restoring Natural Hydrology to Crow Wing County Urban Communities
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $180,000
       Funds Leveraged: $45,000
       Project Cost: $225,000
       View the Report

  • Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Dakota County Stormwater Retrofit Partnership
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $150,000
       Funds Leveraged: $57,846
       Project Cost: $207,846
       View the Report

  • Goodhue County Soil & Water Conservation District
    The Minneola Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $105,450
       Funds Leveraged: $27,750
       Project Cost: $126,906
       View the Report

  • Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization
    Aladdin Street Bio-Infiltration Basin Retrofit Installation
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $32,000
       Funds Leveraged: $10,500
       Project Cost: $42,500
       View the Report

  • Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance
    Slowing Erosion in the Greater Blue Earth River Basin
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $243,250
       Funds Leveraged: $61,000
       Project Cost: $304,250
       View the Report

  • Gun Club Lake Watershed Management Organization
    Schwanz Lake Direct-Drainage Runoff-Reduction Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $90,000
       Funds Leveraged: $97,600
       Project Cost: $187,600
       View the Report

  • Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
    Yellow Medicine Major Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $90,125
       Funds Leveraged: $67,210
       Project Cost: $157,335
       View the Report

  • Mille Lacs Soil & Water Conservation District
    Nutrient and Manure Management and Shoreline Restoration in the Rum River Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $68,950
       Funds Leveraged: $44,787
       Project Cost: $113,737
       View the Report

  • Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
    Go Blue! Diamond Lake Community Makeover
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $224,224
       Funds Leveraged: $374,100
       Project Cost: $598,324
       View the Report

  • Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
    Nine Mile Creek Stabilization and Habitat Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $136,000
       Funds Leveraged: $2,000,000
       Project Cost: $2,136,000
       View the Report

  • Nobles Soil & Water Conservation District
    Kanaranzi-Little Rock Watershed District Stimulus Project Completion
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $178,930
       Funds Leveraged: $509,254
       Project Cost: $688,184
       View the Report

  • North Cannon River Watershed Management Organization
    North Cannon River Watershed Runoff Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $150,000
       Funds Leveraged: $67,000
       Project Cost: $217,000
       View the Report

  • Pelican River Watershed District
    Rice Lake Nutrient Reduction and Habitat Improvement
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $250,000
       Funds Leveraged: $2,526,000
       Project Cost: $2,776,000
       View the Report

  • Pennington Soil & Water Conservation District
    Erickson Group Streambank Stabilization
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $77,600
       Funds Leveraged: $19,400
       Project Cost: $97,000
       View the Report

  • Pope Soil & Water Conservation District
    Glenwood Dairyland Basin Stormwater Mitigation Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $209,179
       Funds Leveraged: $55,298
       Project Cost: $264,477
       View the Report

  • Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
    Maplewood Mall Stormwater Infiltration Retrofit
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $500,000
       Funds Leveraged: $700,000
       Project Cost: $1,200,000
       View the Report

  • Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area JPB
    SWCD's Incentives and BMPs in the Redwood and Cottonwood Watersheds
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $75,000
       Funds Leveraged: $51,271
       Project Cost: $126,271
       View the Report

  • Rice Soil & Water Conservation District
    Buffer strips in the Cannon River Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $150,000
       Funds Leveraged: $150,000
       Project Cost: $300,000
       View the Report

  • Rock LMO/Soil & Water Conservation District
    Rock River Streambank Stabilization & Turbidity Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $25,000
       Funds Leveraged: $52,903
       Project Cost: $77,903
       View the Report

  • Scott County Watershed Management Organization
    Restoring Upper Porter and Picha Creeks
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $371,000
       Funds Leveraged: $259,000
       Project Cost: $630,000
       View the Report

  • Scott County Watershed Management Organization
    Runoff Reduction Using Native Grasses
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $80,553
       Funds Leveraged: $41,222
       Project Cost: $121,775
       View the Report

  • Sherburne Soil & Water Conservation District
    Sherburne SWCD Land Treatment
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $81,600
       Funds Leveraged: $40,290
       Project Cost: $121,890
       View the Report

  • Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
    New Hope 45th Avenue Pond Improvements
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $160,000
       Funds Leveraged: $175,000
       Project Cost: $335,000
       View the Report

  • Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
    Shingle Creek Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $105,237
       Funds Leveraged: $405,000
       Project Cost: $510,237
       View the Report

  • Snake River Watershed Managment Board
    Snake River Watershed Nutrient and Sediment Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $133,083
       Funds Leveraged: $52,900
       Project Cost: $185,983
       View the Report

  • South St. Louis Soil & Water Conservation District
    Knife River Sediment Reduction BMP Implementation
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $72,690
       Funds Leveraged: $18,173
       Project Cost: $90,863
       View the Report

  • Stearns County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Enhanced Shoreline Restoration, Infiltration and Protection
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $250,000
       Funds Leveraged: $203,180
       Project Cost: $453,180
       View the Report

  • Stearns County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Watershed Based Infiltration for Middle Spunk Lake
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $149,704
       Funds Leveraged: $42,925
       Project Cost: $192,629
       View the Report

  • Stevens SWCD
    Stevens County Water Quality Initiative
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $84,000
       Funds Leveraged: $1,410,000
       Project Cost: $1,494,000
       View the Report

  • Wild Rice Watershed District
    Lower Wild Rice River (LWRR) Turbidity Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $175,000
       Funds Leveraged: $71,550
       Project Cost: $246,550
       View the Report

  • Wilkin Soil & Water Conservation District
    Whiskey Creek Water Quality Improvment/Sediment Reduction Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $256,410
       Funds Leveraged: $119,500
       Project Cost: $375,910
       View the Report

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  • Carver SWCD
    Carver County Drainage Ditch 4A Sediment Pond
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $40,000
       Funds Leveraged: $10,000
       Project Cost: $50,000
       View the Report

  • Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance
    Cobb River Ditch Conservation Drainage
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $39,798
       Funds Leveraged: $10,000
       Project Cost: $49,798
       View the Report

  • Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District
    Conservation Drainage in the Middle Fork Crow River Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $15,602
       Funds Leveraged: $6,000
       Project Cost: $21,602
       View the Report

  • Mower SWCD
    Root River Conservation Drainage Integrated Whole Farm Designs
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $71,600
       Funds Leveraged: $43,000
       Project Cost: $114,600
       View the Report

  • North Fork Crow River Watershed District
    Flood Damage Reduction in Judicial Ditch 1 Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $33,000
       Funds Leveraged: $11,000
       Project Cost: $43,000
       View the Report

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  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Little Nokasippi River Wildlife Management Area
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $843,000
       Funds Leveraged: $1,371,000
       Project Cost: $2,752,000
       View the Report

  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Reinvest in Minnesota Wetlands Reserve Program Acquisition and Restoration, Phase 2
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $6,895,000
       Funds Leveraged: $9,653,381
       Project Cost: $16,548,381
       View the Report

  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Riparian Buffer Easement Program
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $3,250,000
       View the Report

  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Wellhead Protection Conservation Easement Program
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $1,000,000
       View the Report

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  • McLeod County
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $24,000
       Project Cost: $24,000
       View the Report

  • Meeker County
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $340,000
       Funds Leveraged: $211,197
       Project Cost: $551,197
       View the Report

  • Murray County
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $90,000
       View in SSTS Imminent Health Threat Abatement Factsheet

  • Pipestone County
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $48,000
       Funds Leveraged: $48,000
       Project Cost: $96,000
       View the Report

  • Rice County
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $30,000
       Project Cost: $30,000
       View the Report

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  • Aitkin SWCD
    Cedar and Farm Island Lakes, Reversing the Downward Trend
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $108,011
       Funds Leveraged: $36,000
       Project Cost: $144,011
       View the Report

  • Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission
    Wirth Lake Outlet Modifications
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $75,000
       Funds Leveraged: $175,000
       Project Cost: $250,000
       View the Report

  • Becker SWCD
    Campbell Creek Phosphorus and Sedimentation Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $57,653
       Funds Leveraged: $42,849
       Project Cost: $100,502
       View the Report

  • Benton Soil & Water Conservation District
    Restoring Trout to Little Rock Creek
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $84,211
       Funds Leveraged: $22,000
       Project Cost: $106,211
       View the Report

  • Blue Earth County
    Blue Earth County Buffers
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $136,842
       Funds Leveraged: $53,000
       Project Cost: $189,842
       View the Report

  • Blue Earth County SWCD
    Blue Earth County Ravine and Stream Stabilization
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $57,895
       Funds Leveraged: $75,000
       Project Cost: $132,895
       View the Report

  • Bois de Sioux Watershed District
    Mustinka River Turbidity TMDL Implementation
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $130,106
       Funds Leveraged: $351,122
       Project Cost: $481,228
       View the Report

  • Brown's Creek Watershed District
    Brown's Creek Thermal Load Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $210,000
       Funds Leveraged: $110,000
       Project Cost: $320,000
       View the Report

  • Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
    Continuation of Hay Creek/Stinking Lake Sediment Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $105,408
       Funds Leveraged: $80,320
       Project Cost: $185,728
       View the Report

  • Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
    Upper South Branch BMP Strategic Implementation
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $135,363
       Funds Leveraged: $33,841
       Project Cost: $169,204
       View the Report

  • Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
    Wolverton Creek Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $253,229
       Funds Leveraged: $88,400
       Project Cost: $341,629
       View the Report

  • Carlton SWCD
    Sediment Reduction by Failing Structure Removal on Designated Trout Stream
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $119,522
       Funds Leveraged: $116,500
       Project Cost: $236,022
       View the Report

  • Carver County WMO
    Carver County Fecal Coliform Implementation IV
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $178,571
       Funds Leveraged: $46,000
       Project Cost: $224,571
       View the Report

  • Carver County WMO
    Reitz Lake Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $127,551
       Funds Leveraged: $39,000
       Project Cost: $166,551
       View the Report

  • Cass SWCD
    Cass County Water Quality Enhancement and Shoreline Protection
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $77,862
       Funds Leveraged: $22,435
       Project Cost: $100,297
       View the Report

  • Cedar River Watershed District
    Dobbins Creek Watershed Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $163,596
       Funds Leveraged: $3,000
       Project Cost: $166,596
       View the Report

  • Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District
    Chisago Chain of Lakes Retrofit
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $230,526
       Funds Leveraged: $60,000
       Project Cost: $290,526
       View the Report

  • Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District
    Stabilizing Erosion Areas Draining to the Sunrise and St. Croix Rivers
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $89,474
       Funds Leveraged: $22,500
       Project Cost: $111,974
       View the Report

  • Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District
    St. Croix River Escarpment Gully Inventory and Outreach
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $31,579
       Funds Leveraged: $8,000
       Project Cost: $39,579
       View the Report

  • Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District
    Water-Smart Schools and Libraries
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $37,895
       Funds Leveraged: $9,500
       Project Cost: $47,395
       View the Report

  • City of Orono
    Stubbs Bay Ravine Stabilization
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $183,684
       Funds Leveraged: $45,921
       Project Cost: $229,605
       View the Report

  • City of St. Louis Park
    Minnehaha Creek Stream Meander
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $300,000
       Funds Leveraged: $1,095,000
       Project Cost: $1,395,000
       View the Report

  • Crow Wing SWCD
    Catch, Clean, Circulate Stormwater Management for Gull and Trout Lakesheds
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $136,300
       Funds Leveraged: $54,000
       Project Cost: $190,300
       View the Report

  • East Otter Tail Soil & Water Conservation District
    East Otter Tail Groundwater Protection
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $87,371
       Funds Leveraged: $29,125
       Project Cost: $116,496
       View the Report

  • East Polk Soil & Water Conservation District
    Sand Hill River Erosion Area
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $281,053
       Funds Leveraged: $116,750
       Project Cost: $397,803
       View the Report

  • Elk River Watershed Association
    Elk River Watershed Pollution Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $149,104
       Funds Leveraged: $39,370
       Project Cost: $188,474
       View the Report

  • Fillmore Soil & Water Conservation District
    Grazing Management Initiative for the Root and Whitewater Rivers
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $126,316
       Funds Leveraged: $105,540
       Project Cost: $231,856
       View the Report

  • Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance
    Clean Water for the Blue Earth River Basin
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $242,075
       Funds Leveraged: $358,001
       Project Cost: $600,076
       View the Report

  • Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance
    The Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance Agricultural Shoreland Initiative
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $100,000
       Funds Leveraged: $407,500
       Project Cost: $507,500
       View the Report

  • Isanti County Zoning
    Isanti County Native Grass/Stormwater BMP Demonstration Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $65,924
       Funds Leveraged: $87,898
       Project Cost: $153,822
       View the Report

  • Kittson Soil and Water Conservation District
    Lake Bronson Watershed Runoff Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $100,000
       Funds Leveraged: $25,000
       Project Cost: $125,000
       View the Report

  • Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District
    Protection of Bostic and Zippel Bays
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $52,105
       Funds Leveraged: $25,500
       Project Cost: $77,605
       View the Report

  • Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
    Verdi Wellhead Protection Area
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $184,210
       Funds Leveraged: $47,500
       Project Cost: $231,710
       View the Report

  • Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
    Lily Lake Stormwater Retrofit
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $43,400
       Funds Leveraged: $10,850
       Project Cost: $54,250
       View the Report

  • Murray County
    Jackson-Cottonwood-Murray West Fork Des Moines River BMP Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $83,064
       Funds Leveraged: $26,200
       Project Cost: $109,264
       View the Report

  • Nobles SWCD
    Lake Ocheda Shoreline Improvement
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $162,105
       Funds Leveraged: $40,526
       Project Cost: $202,631
       View the Report

  • Olmsted Soil & Water Conservation District
    Oronoco Well Sealing
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $114,446
       Funds Leveraged: $32,250
       Project Cost: $146,696
       View the Report

  • Pennington SWCD
    Halvorson Streambank Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $34,375
       Funds Leveraged: $8,593
       Project Cost: $42,968
       View the Report

  • Pennington SWCD
    Judicial Ditch #30 & #18 Buffer Initiative
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $93,844
       Funds Leveraged: $23,461
       Project Cost: $117,305
       View the Report

  • Pennington SWCD
    Ralph Engelstad Arena Raingarden
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $88,681
       Funds Leveraged: $22,170
       Project Cost: $110,851
       View the Report

  • Pomme de Terre River Association Joint Powers Board
    Pomme de terre River Watershed Best Management Practices
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $257,610
       Funds Leveraged: $1,104,452
       Project Cost: $1,344,594
       View the Report

  • Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District
    Upper Prior Lake - Targeted Retrofits & Enhancements
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $189,511
       Funds Leveraged: $61,964
       Project Cost: $251,475
       View the Report

  • Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District
    Upper Watershed Volume Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $195,600
       Funds Leveraged: $215,000
       Project Cost: $410,600
       View the Report

  • Ramsey Conservation District
    Protecting Ramsey County's Drinking Water Supply Management Areas
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $128,625
       Funds Leveraged: $110,000
       Project Cost: $238,625
       View the Report

  • Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
    North St. Paul Green Streets
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $566,000
       Funds Leveraged: $500,000
       Project Cost: $1,066,000
       View the Report

  • Red Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Erosion Control Projects in the Red Lake River Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $102,895
       Funds Leveraged: $25,750
       Project Cost: $128,645
       View the Report

  • Red Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District
    Streambank & Shoreland Stabilization in the Clearwater River Watershed
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $48,421
       Funds Leveraged: $12,125
       Project Cost: $60,546
       View the Report

  • Red Lake Watershed District
    Grade Stabilization above the Thief River
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $187,974
       Funds Leveraged: $47,075
       Project Cost: $235,049
       View the Report

  • Red Lake Watershed District
    Grand Marais Creek Cut Channel Stabilization
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $662,000
       Funds Leveraged: $308,000
       Project Cost: $893,552
       View the Report

  • Rock LMO/SWCD
    Rock River Turbidity and Fecal Coliform Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $46,598
       Funds Leveraged: $21,587
       Project Cost: $68,185
       View the Report

  • Sauk River Watershed District
    Sauk River Runoff Reduction and Riparian Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $435,289
       Funds Leveraged: $570,750
       Project Cost: $1,006,039
       View the Report

  • Sauk River Watershed District
    Technical Assistance for Sauk River Watershed-Mississippi River Basin Initiative
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $168,421
       Funds Leveraged: $375,000
       Project Cost: $543,421
       View the Report

  • Scott County WMO
    Cedar Lake Shoreline Improvements
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $15,000
       Funds Leveraged: $5,000
       Project Cost: $20,000
       View the Report

  • Scott County WMO
    Sand Creek & Prior Lake Spring Lake Wetland Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $80,000
       Funds Leveraged: $23,285
       Project Cost: $103,285
       View the Report

  • SE SWCD Tech Support JPB
    Nutrient Management Along the Lower Mississippi River
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $161,616
       Funds Leveraged: $90,404
       Project Cost: $252,020
       View the Report

  • South St. Louis Soil & Water Conservation District
    Miller Creek Urban Trout Stream Restoration
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $154,893
       Funds Leveraged: $38,920
       Project Cost: $193,813
       View the Report

  • Todd Soil & Water Conservation District
    Swan River Headwaters Clean Water Fund
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $203,158
       Funds Leveraged: $50,789
       Project Cost: $253,947
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  • Washington Conservation District
    Armstrong Lake Restoration - Oakdale Library Retrofit
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $48,270
       Funds Leveraged: $18,655
       Project Cost: $66,925
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  • Washington Conservation District
    Powers Lake Retrofit
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $37,632
       Funds Leveraged: $13,900
       Project Cost: $51,532
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  • West Otter Tail Soil & Water Conservation District
    Drinking Water Supply Protection for Fergus Falls
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $65,684
       Funds Leveraged: $1,789,050
       Project Cost: $1,854,734
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  • Wilkin SWCD
    Lower Otter Tail River Sediment Reduction Project Phase IV
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $196,842
       Funds Leveraged: $157,000
       Project Cost: $353,842
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  • Winona County
    Winona County Water Well Sealing
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $30,000
       Funds Leveraged: $9,000
       Project Cost: $39,000
       View the Report

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  • Cottonwood & Jackson SWCDs
    Fish Lake Tile Outlet Mitigation Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $255,900
       Funds Leveraged: $68,700
       Project Cost: $324,600
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  • Dodge County
    Improving Woodchip Bioreactors for Agricultural Nitrate and Phosphorus Reduction
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $19,225
       Funds Leveraged: $6,660
       Project Cost: $25,885
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  • Red Lake SWCD
    Red Lake Watershed District Ditch 3 & 7 Project
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $27,600
       Funds Leveraged: $6,900
       Project Cost: $34,500
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  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Reinvest in Minnesota Wetlands Reserve Program Acquisition and Restoration, Phase 3
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $13,000,000
       Funds Leveraged: $20,800,000
       Project Cost: $33,800,000
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  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Riparian Buffer Easement Program
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $3,690,000
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  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
    Wellhead Protection Conservation Easement Program
       Clean Water Funds Granted: $1,300,000
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Clean Water, Land and Legacy Competitive Projects

On December 14, 2011, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources approved the recommended funding for the following grant programs.

To learn more about each grant program, you may review the program descriptions.

Maps of Recipients
Clean Water Assistance
Accelerated Implementation Grants
Community Partners
Conservation Drainage
Livestock Waste Management
SSTS Abatement
MDH Well Sealing


Reinvest in Minnesota Projects

The Board of Water and Soil Resources' Reinvest in Minnesota Prgram will be implementing a Shallow Lake Shoreland Protection program, protecting approximately 700 acres of shallow wild rice lakeshore habitat.

Additionally, we are currently preparing for to take applications for the Reinvest in Minnesota - Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water program. The program expects to protect about 1,156 acres of prairies through easment acquisition.

Read more about Shallow Lake Shoreland Protection: Wild Rice Lakes
Read more about Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water

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To find Clean Water, Land and Legacy stories of interest, first choose the fiscal year from the top row of tabs (next to this help tab). Then, inside the chosen tab, select the Clean Water Fund grant type you are interested in viewing.

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