Watershed Information

Overall Plan: Upper Minnesota River Watershed District in Parts of Big Stone, Lac Qui Parle, Stevens, Swift and Traverse Counties

Dingels, Stephen
This revised overall watershed-resource management plan for the Upper Minnesota Watershed District, encompassing the headwaters of the Minnesota River at Big Stone Lake, includes watershed information such as topography, soils, wetlands, wildlife, water quality, water use and classification, and floods. Demographic data cover economy, population, land use, transportation, utilities, drainage, and irrigation. Watershed management activities are described, including flood and erosion control and the restoration of Big Stone Lake.
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