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Red Lake River WatershedRestoration and Protection Project

April 2013

Stakeholders U date Meetin

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Red Lake River

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Im ortance of the Red Lake River

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History of Red Lake River Waterua ty Montor ng

RLWD Soil andWater Conservation

Districts, International Water Institute, RiverWatch USGS Red Lake DNR MPCA

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Red Lake River WRAP Project

$150,000+ for Phase I$100,000 for Phase II$100,000 for the developmentof a HSPF Model of theWatershed$86,514 Surface Water

Assessment Grant

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Assessment of Water Qualit Data

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Water Qualit Monitorin SurfaceWater

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Continuous Water QualityMonitoring

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Continuous Water QualityMonitoring

KrippleCreek

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Continuous Water Quality Monitoring

Burnham Creek

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Continuous Water Quality Monitoring

Black River

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Continuous Water Quality Monitoring

GentillyCreek

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Stage and Flow Monitoring

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Biological Monitoring

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Species Presence

29 8

197

16

10

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Stream Channel Stability

Assessment (Geomorphology)

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Lori Clark of RMB Environmental

Laboratories, has been hired as asubcontractor

Expansion of public outreach and

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LIDAR Terrain Analysis

ream ower n ex eveopmen

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LIDAR Terrain Analysis

ream ower n ex eveopmen

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LIDAR Terrain Analysis

ream ower n ex eveopmen

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LIDAR Terrain AnalysisStream Power Index Development

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Water Qualit Modelin - SWAT SWAT Com leted

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HSPF Modeling

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Restoration Plans

ro ec on ans TMDL restoration re ort for each

impairment that isverifieddiscovered from availablemonitoring data

reaches that arent impaired.

sources that we find whether there is anofficial TMDL or no

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Addresses Point and Nonpoint

Equation Expressed in pounds, tons , or number

of organisms

Regulatory teeth of the programlimited to MPCA ermittin rocesses

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Wastewater treatment facilities

Stormwater permits Special conditions in stormwaterpermits (BMPs)

Desi nated MS4 Cit StormwaterPermitting

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Re uiredb theUnitedStates

Environmental Protection Agency

established in Minnesota State statutes.

reams assesse w oca co ec edata

Lots of money involved in theestablishment of TMDLs and carrying-out mpementaton pans

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Restoration Funding for Projects

Example: Lower Otter Tail Turbidity TMDL

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>$1,000,000 in total funding

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2013 Plans

FinishPhaseI startPhaseII

Finish SWAG Sampling ssove ox en o ers n e

Upper Red Lake River, JD60, CD96,an rowns ree or r ppe ree

Flow Measurements

Follow-up geomorphology work