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    Building Better Buffers
    Building Better Buffers is a series of fact sheets offering voluntary options to landowners looking to improve their exiting buffers.
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    Local Government Road Wetland Replacement Program
    Apply to restore drained or filled wetlands to develop and purchase wetland credits for public transportation projects.
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    Learn more about MN CREP
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    Apply for BWSR Grants
    BWSR is now accepting proposals for One Watershed, One Plan Planning Grants.
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    Watershed-based Implementation Funding Program
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BWSR agency programs that assist landowners and local government have resulted in less sediment and nutrients entering our lakes, rivers, and streams; more fish and wildlife habitat; and the drastic slowing of wetland losses.

The Board of Water and Soil Resources is an equal opportunity employer.

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St Paul, MN. 55155
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