MRBDC Cottonwood Major Watershed Management Description
Watershed Management
Local Water Planning
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Brown County Comprehensive Water Plan 1997-2006 |
Directory of County Water Planners in the Cottonwood River Major Watershed
Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Watershed Organizations
| Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects, Inc. Coordinator - Kerry Netzke phone: (507) 537-6369 |
| Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board (BNCJPB) BNCJPB Coordinator - Bonnie Holz phone: (507) 931-4140 |
| Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board (MRBJPB) Executive Director - phone: (952) 361-6590 |
| Redwood, Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA) Executive Director - Jim Doering phone: (507) 637-2142 |
| Region 8 Southwest Regional Development Commission Executive Director - Randy Jorgenson phone: (507) 836-8547 |
| Region 9 Regional Development Commission Executive Director - Russ Wille phone (507) 387-5643 or (800) 450-5643 |
| South Central Minnesota Comprehensive County Water Planning Project (SCMCCWPP) Policy Committee Chairperson - Leo Bauer phone: (507) 237-2164 Technical Committee Chairperson - Bruce Johnson phone: (507) 375-1225 |
| Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) Chairperson - Joe Doherty phone: (507) 665-2828 |
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 West Study Area, located within Brown and Cottonwood Counties, involves select minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the West Study Area included the following minor watersheds: 29015, 29016, 29017, 29018, 29019, 29020, 29063, 29067, 29078, 29079. |
| Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Ground Water Project Phase II - Implementation (CWP) MPCA, 1993. The project area includes special assessments that occurred within two of the three original study areas from the Phase I-Diagnostic Study within Brown, Nicollet and Cottonwood Counties. The West Study Area, located within Brown and Cottonwood Counties, involves select minor watersheds. Within the major watershed, the West Study Area included the following minor watersheds: 29015, 29016, 29017, 29018, 29019, 29020, 29063, 29067, 29078, 29079. |
| Cottonwood River Restoration Project Phase I-Diagnostic (CWP). MPCA Clean Water Partnership Project, 1996-1999. The project area is the entire Cottonwood River Major Watershed. |
| Cottonwood River Watershed - Conservation Priority Area (EQIP Program). NRCS, 1997. The project area is the entire Cottonwood River Major Watershed. |
| 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: 29046, 29065, 29018, 29019, 29017, 29032, 29006. |
| 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: 29017, 29018, 29019, 29032, 29044. |
| Schoper - Bush Reservoir Project. Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners and Cottonwood County SWCD, 1987. The project is located in minor watershed 29079 within Cottonwood County. |
| Sleepy Eye Lake - Lake Assessment Program. MPCA Lake Assessment Program (LAP), 1995. The project area is the Sleepy Eye Lake lakeshed of minor watershed 29007. |
| 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. |
| Walnut Grove Reservoir Project. Redwood County Board of Commissioners and Redwood County SWCD, 1979. This project is located in minor watershed 29044 within Redwood County. |
| Wellner-Hageman Reservoir Project. Brown County Board of Commissioners and Brown County SWCD, 1992. The project is located in minor watershed 29019, within Brown and Cottonwood Counties. The reservoir is located in Brown County. |
| Wellner-Hageman Watershed Monitoring Project (WHWMP). Brown-Nicollet-Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board, 1992-1997. The project area is minor watershed 29019. |
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