MRBDC Lower Minnesota Major Watershed Management Description

Watershed Management


Local Water Planning


Carver County Comprehensive Water Plan

Dakota County Comprehensive Water Plan

Hennepin County Comprehensive Water Plan

Le Sueur County Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan 1998-2003
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McLeod County Comprehensive Water Management Plan 1995-2000

Nicollet County Comprehensive Water Resources Plan 1996-2000

Ramsey County Comprehensive Local Water Plan

Renville County Comprehensive Local Water Plan

Rice County Comprehensive Local Water Plan 1997-2001

Scott County Water Resource Management Plan
View the Scott County Water Plan at www.co.scott.mn.us

Sibley County Comprehensive Local Water Plan 1996-2000


Directory of County Water Planners in the Lower Minnesota River Major Watershed




Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)

Carver Soil and Water Conservation District
Dakota Soil and Water Conservation District
Hennepin Soil and Water Conservation District
Le Sueur Soil and Water Conservation District
McLeod Soil and Water Conservation District
Nicollet Soil and Water Conservation District
Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District
Renville Soil and Water Conservation District
Rice Soil and Water Conservation District
Scott Soil and Water Conservation District
Sibley Soil and Water Conservation District




Watershed Organizations

Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board
Coordinator - Bonnie Holz phone: (507) 931-4140

Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D)
Coordinator - Roger Lenzmeier phone: (507) 281-1959

High Island Watershed District
Watershed District President - Leonard Eibs phone: (507) 964-5188

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

Region (6E) Mid-Minnesota Regional Development Commission
Executive Director - Eugene Hippe phone: (320) 235-8504 or (1-800) 450-8608

Region (11) Metro Council Regional Development Commission
Executive Director - James Solem phone: (612) 291-6359

South Central Minnesota Comprehensive County Water Planning Project (SCMCCWPP)
Policy Committee Chairperson - Leo Bauer phone: (507) 237-2164
Technical Committe Chairperson - Bruce Johnson phone: (507) 375-1225




Watershed Projects

Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Ground Water Project Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP).  MPCA, 1990. The project area includes special assessments performed in three individual study areas within Brown, Nicollet and Cottonwood Counties. The Central Study Area, located within Nicollet County, involves select minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the Central Study Area included minor watershed 33086.
Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Biological and Toxicological Assessment Diatom Assemblage Structure as an Indicator of Stream Habitat Condition in the Minnesota River Watershed.  MPCA, 1993. The project area included 16 minor watersheds in the Minnesota River Basin. Within this major watershed, the project area included included minor watershed 33140.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Biological and Toxicological Assessment Ambient Toxicity Assessment in the Minnesota River Basin. MPCA, 1989-1992. The project area is the Minnesota River main stem and twelve tributary sites. Within the major watershed, the project included minor watershed 33070.

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 watersheds: 33070, 33075.

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 the following minor watersheds: 33070, 33096, 33092, 33140, 33102, 33103, 33110, 33137, 33123.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Land Use Assessment - Level III.  MPCA, 1990-1991. The Level III Land Use Assessment project area included 32 select minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the project included minor watersheds: 33075, 33096.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Land Use Assessment - Level III (Revised Methodology).  MPCA, 1991. The revised Level III Land Use Assessment project area included 5 additional minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the project included minor watershed 33070.

Minnesota River Assessment Project (MRAP) Physical and Chemical Assessment
Water Quality Analysis of the Lower Minnesota River and Selected Tributaries: River (1976-1991) and Nonpoint Source (1989-1992) Monitoring Volume 1.  Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, 1994. The project area is the Lower Minnesota River Major Watershed, which included the following minor watersheds: 33103, 33109, 33116, 33120, 33123, 33137.

Thomas Lake - Lake Assessment Program.  MPCA Lake Assessment Program (LAP), 1989. The project area is the Thomas Lake subshed of minor watershed 33143.

Waconia Lake - Lake Assessment Program.  MPCA Lake Assessment Program (LAP), 1994. The project area is the Waconia Lake lakeshed which includes minor watersheds 33106 and 33107. These minor watersheds are included in the Lower Minnesota River Major Watershed.

South Central Minnesota Comprehensive County Water Planning Project (SCMCCWPP) Volunteer Rain Gage Reader Network. SCMCCWPP, 1992-present. The SCMCCWPP Volunteer Rain Gage Reader Network includes thirteen counties: Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Steele, Waseca, and Watonwan.

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