This page contains funds allocated by the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) for Watershed Based Implementation Funding (WBIF) grants. Dollars are appropriated by the Minnesota Legislature from the Clean Water Fund and allocated by BWSR according to a Board-adopted formula.
Click on the accordion tabs below for allocation amounts and allocation area maps.
- Grant Allocations: One Watershed One Plan Boundaries
Allocation amounts for grants to partnerships with approved comprehensive watershed management plans developed under the One Watershed, One Plan program. These boundaries are outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area (metro); portions of planning boundaries inside the metro area are in the table below.
Map of Participating Watersheds (pdf will automatically download)Watershed/Partnership FY 18-19
FY 20-21
FY 22-23
FY 24-25
FY 26-27
Total
Big Fork River $798,518 $798,518 Blue Earth River $1,481,521 $1,481,521 Bois de Sioux - Mustinka $1,064,522 $1,064,522 $1,594,226 $1,605,439 $5,328,709 Buffalo-Red River $1,296,838 $1,296,838 $1,906,278 $1,919,949 $6,419,903 Cannon River $1,028,658 $1,028,658 $1,536,990 $1,547,023 $5,141,329 Cedar - Wapsipinicon $593,987 $593,987 $974,677 $980,478 $3,143,129 Chippewa River $2,163,227 $2,178,984 $4,342,211 Clearwater River $974,726 $1,485,882 $1,496,166 $3,956,774 Cottonwood - Middle Minnesota $1,958,370 $1,971,082 $3,929,452 Crow Wing River $1,677,248 $1,688,695 $3,365,943 Des Moines River $1,414,031 $1,736,891 $1,748,113 $4,899,035 Greater Zumbro River $1,216,243 $1,216,243 $1,897,768 $1,910,367 $6,240,621 Hawk Creek - Middle Minnesota $942,433 $942,433 $1,504,444 $1,514,322 $4,903,632 Kettle and Upper St. Croix $1,412,047 $1,420,116 $2,832,163 Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank $623,429 $1,228,526 $1,235,081 $3,087,036 Lake of the Woods $621,173 $621,173 $621,173 $549,194 $2,412,713 Lake Superior North $387,059 $599,767 $599,767 $1,043,910 $1,044,211 $3,674,714 Le Sueur River $860,588 $1,355,872 $1,364,269 $3,580,729 Leech Lake River $598,115 $598,115 $598,665 $601,240 $2,396,135 Little Fork River $1,226,366 $1,226,366 Long Prairie River $714,854 $1,032,278 $1,038,744 $2,785,876 Lower Minnesota River East $538,396 $540,543 $1,078,939 Lower Minnesota River West $596,617 $1,004,297 $1,010,592 $2,611,506 Lower St. Croix River $471,070 $471,070 $778,691 $782,706 $2,503,537 Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers $1,099,173 $1,620,713 $1,632,654 $4,352,540 Minnesota River - Mankato $794,369 $794,369 Mississippi River - Sartell $1,252,807 $1,252,807 Mississippi River Brainerd $1,492,655 $1,502,156 $2,994,811 Mississippi River Headwaters $861,581 $861,581 $1,013,278 $1,018,651 $3,755,091 Mississippi River St. Cloud $1,271,008 $1,279,055 $2,550,063 Mississippi River Winona/La Crescent $577,696 $896,267 $900,852 $2,374,815 Missouri River Basin $1,320,445 $1,320,445 $2,096,184 $2,109,064 $6,846,138 Nemadji River $250,000 $250,000 $469,317 $470,118 $1,439,435 North Fork Crow River $642,377 $1,120,477 $1,120,477 $1,518,486 $1,529,005 $5,930,822 Otter Tail $1,265,049 $1,507,070 $1,518,104 $4,290,223 Pine River $482,142 $482,142 $634,381 $637,092 $2,235,757 Pomme de Terre River $717,428 $717,428 $1,006,033 $1,012,366 $3,453,255 Rainy - Rapid River $520,667 $521,896 $1,042,563 Rainy Headwaters - Vermilion $1,004,508 $1,005,232 $2,009,740 Rainy River - Rainy Lake $558,419 $560,014 $1,118,433 Red Lake River $677,551 $1,071,149 $1,071,149 $1,700,439 $1,712,623 $6,232,911 Redeye River $706,488 $706,488 $1,112,800 $1,119,702 $3,645,478 Redwood River $1,121,292 $1,121,292 Root River $851,301 $1,469,595 $1,469,595 $2,300,950 $2,316,030 $8,407,471 Roseau River $558,442 $864,534 $869,374 $2,292,350 Rum River $1,011,327 $1,011,327 $1,331,559 $1,339,969 $4,694,182 Sand Hill River $705,267 $709,070 $1,414,337 Sauk River $832,550 $832,550 $1,212,865 $1,220,674 $4,098,639 Shell Rock and Winnebago River $322,128 $322,128 $547,409 $549,870 $1,741,535 Snake River $636,684 $1,024,471 $1,030,147 $2,691,302 South Fork of the Crow River $1,286,465 $1,295,212 $2,581,677 St. Louis River $1,475,535 $2,228,654 $2,239,092 $5,943,281 Thief River $529,892 $529,892 $702,239 $706,388 $2,468,411 Two Rivers Plus $1,062,253 $1,662,685 $1,674,664 $5,461,855 Upper and Lower Red Lake $782,449 $785,375 $1,567,824 Upper Minnesota River $675,322 $678,837 $1,354,159 Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids $1,324,119 $1,331,275 $2,655,394 Watonwan River $700,477 $700,477 $1,136,479 $1,142,972 $3,680,405 Wild Rice - Marsh $1,371,259 $1,371,259 $1,993,181 $2,006,908 $6,742,607 Yellow Medicine River $551,712 $814,603 $814,603 $1,323,460 $1,330,732 $4,835,110 Totals $3,110,000 $23,076,600 $33,873,424 $67,574,189 $74,577,360 $202,211,573 - Grant allocations for watershed allocation areas (WAA; metro)
Funds allocated by the Board of Water and Soil Resources for Watershed Based Implementation Funding grants in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. Portions of One Watershed, One Plan planning boundaries outside the metro area are in the table above. Allocation geography varied by biennia.
Map of Metro Watershed Allocation Areas (pdf)
Allocation Area FY 18-19
FY 20-21
FY 22-23
FY 24-25
FY26-27
Total
Anoka County $826,000 $826,000 Carver County $749,200 $749,200 Dakota County $1,018,000 $1,018,000 Hennepin County $1,018,000 $1,018,000 Ramsey County $442,000 $442,000 Scott County $749,200 $749,200 Washington County $787,600 $787,600 Mississippi East $1,085,485 $1,085,485 Mississippi West $874,153 $874,153 Rum River $366,982 $366,982 Lower St. Croix River $793,461 $793,461 Cannon River $305,293 $305,293 Lower Minnesota North $673,699 $673,699 Lower Minnesota South $829,075 $829,075 Vermillion $650,684 $650,684 North Fork Crow River $91,105 $91,105 South Fork Crow River $330,063 $330,063 Bassett Creek WAA $87,887 $183,256 $183,255 $454,398 Black Dog WAA $75,000 $151,542 $151,542 $378,084 Cannon River WAA (1W1P Metro) $304,886 $395,361 $395,359 $1,095,606 Capitol Region WAA $77,618 $176,241 $176,240 $430,099 Carver County WAA $691,991 $721,325 $461,933 $1,875,249 Coon Creek WAA $216,377 $294,100 $294,099 $804,576 Eagan-Inver Grove WAA $75,000 $162,370 $162,369 $399,739 Elm Creek WAA $297,774 $373,590 $373,588 $1,044,952 Lower Minnesota River East WAA (1W1P Metro) $898,092 $898,092 Lower Minnesota River WAA $127,068 $217,485 $135,377 $479,930 Lower Mississippi River WAA $118,385 $208,410 $208,409 $535,204 Lower St. Croix WAA (1W1P Metro) $807,509 $1,266,380 $1,266,376 $3,340,265 Minnehaha Creek WAA $418,140 $424,534 $424,533 $1,267,207 Mississippi WAA $75,504 $176,951 $176,950 $429,405 Nine Mile Creek WAA $101,582 $195,026 $195,026 $491,634 Pioneer-Sarah Creek WAA $159,223 $240,415 $240,414 $640,052 Prior Lake-Spring WPA $82,806 $169,935 $252,741 Ramsey-Washington Metro WAA $140,295 $230,182 $230,181 $600,658 Rice Creek WAA $407,796 $448,016 $448,014 $1,303,826 Richfield-Bloomington WAA $75,000 $114,644 $114,644 $304,288 Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek WAA $104,576 $197,194 $197,193 $498,963 Rum River WAA (1W1P Metro) $371,157 $569,378 $569,376 $1,509,911 Scott County WPA $601,647 $646,054 $1,247,701 Shingle Creek WAA $95,501 $191,662 $191,661 $478,824 South Fork of the Crow River WAA (1W1P Metro) $259,425 $259,425 South Washington WAA $163,947 $228,539 $228,538 $621,024 Vadnais Lake Area WAA $75,000 $147,921 $147,921 $370,842 Vermillion River WAA $673,331 $717,191 $717,186 $2,107,708 West Mississippi WAA $75,000 $152,299 $152,299 $379,598 Totals $5,590,000 $6,000,000 $6,500,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $36,090,000