MRBDC Redwood Major Watershed Management Description

Watershed Management


Local Water Planning

Lincoln County Comprehensive Local Water Plan

Lyon County Comprehensive Local Water Plan 1996-2001

Murray County Comprehensive Local Water Plan First Update 1996-2006
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Pipestone County Comprehensive Local Water Plan 1996-2006
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Redwood County Comprehensive Water Plan 1996-2005

Yellow Medicine County Comprehensive Local Water Plan 1997-2001


Directory of County Water Planners in the Redwood River Major Watershed




Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)

Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District
Lyon Soil and Water Conservation District
Murray Soil and Water Conservation District
Pipestone Soil and Water Conservation District
Redwood Soil and Water Conservation District
Yellow Medicine Soil and Water Conservation District





Watershed Organizations

Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects, Inc.
Coordinator - Kerry Netzke phone: (507) 537-6369

Lincoln County Water Management Task Force
Contact - Pauline Moen phone: (507) 694-1630

Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board (MRBJPB)
Executive Director - phone: (952) 361-6590

Prairie Country Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D)
Coordinator - Randy Nelson phone: (320) 231-0008

Redwood, Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA)
Executive Director - Jim Doering phone: (507) 637-2142

Region 6W Upper MN Valley Regional Development Commission Executive Director - Paul Michaelson phone: (320) 289-1981 or (1-800) 752-1983

Region 8 Southwest Regional Development Commission
Executive Director - Randy Jorgenson phone: (507) 836-8547




Watershed Projects

Redwood River Basin Judicial Ditch 31 Hydrologic Modeling.  NRCS, 1998. The project area is minor watershed 27012.

Minnett - Krantz Reservoir Project.  Pipestone County Board of Commissioners and Pipestone County SWCD, 1987. This project is located in minor watershed 27019 located within Pipestone and Murray Counties. The reservoir is located in Pipestone County.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Biological and Toxicological Assessment Analysis of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Minnesota River Watershed.  MPCA, 1989-1992. The project area includes 41 select assessment sites. Within the major watershed, the project included minor watershed 27051.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Biological and Toxicological Assessment A Fish Community Analysis of the Minnesota River Basin.  MPCA, 1990-1992. The project area is 116 sites along the Minnesota River main stem and tributaries, and within select minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the project included minor watersheds: 27020, 27052, 27013, 27053, 27005, 27003, 27002, 27043, 27040, 27001, 27044, 27039, 27025, 27032, 27031, 27030, 27035, 27022, 27036.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Land Use Assessment - Level III.
MPCA, 1990-1991. The Level III Land Use Assessment project area included 32 selected minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the project included minor watersheds: 27008, 27031, 27051.

Redwood River Clean Water Project (RRCWP) Diagnostic Study.  Redwood Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA), 1989-1990. The project area is the entire Redwood River Major Watershed.

Redwood River Clean Water Project (RRCWP) Phase II - Implementation (CWP).  MPCA, 1994. The project area is the entire Redwood River Major Watershed.

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