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The Itasca Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and planning partners request public comment on the proposed Upper Mississippi – Grand Rapids Comprehensive Watershed Plan. To view the Plan and provide comment, visit https://itascaswcd.org/programs/1w1p.
The fall/winter 2023 Itasca SWCD newsletter is ready!
Take a look and see what we've been up to.
Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids, One Watershed One Plan
What is a WATERSHED? A watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or a point along a stream channel.
In 2022, the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) awarded a One Watershed, One Plan (1W1P) planning grant to the Upper Mississippi River - Grand Rapids watershed. This will allow for a collaborative plan to look at the watershed, identify areas that might need water quality protection or improvements, and plan projects to make sure the water in this watershed is healthy for all of the important uses we rely on.
The planning partners for this comprehensive watershed management plan include Aitkin County, Aitkin SWCD, Carlton County, Carlton SWCD, Cass SWCD, Itasca County, Itasca SWCD, Salo Township, and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
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Now Requesting Public Comment for the Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids
Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan
The Itasca Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and planning partners are requesting public comment on the proposed Upper Mississippi – Grand Rapids Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (CWMP). The full draft plan and appendices are available to read:
Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids 1W1P CWMP
Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids Appendices
Written comments will be accepted until Tuesday, September 24th, 2024, at 4:30 PM. Comments can be submitted to Itasca SWCD for all Upper Mississippi – Grand Rapids Watershed Residents (Aitkin, Cass, Carlton, Itasca, and St. Louis Counties, see watershed planning boundary map below). There are three options to submit comments during this 60-day review period:
- 1. Use the comment box below
- 2. E-mail comments to matt.gutzmann@ItascaSWCD.org
- 3.
Mail to:
Itasca SWCD
ATTN: Comments
PO Box 990
Grand Rapids, MN 55744.
Advisory Committee Notifications
The Upper Mississippi Grand Rapids 1W1P has completed its advisory committee meetings. The planning committee is incredibly grateful to all of those who have dedicated their time to collaborating on this comprehensive watershed management plan.
Policy Committee Notifications
The next Policy Committee Meeting will be held Friday, October 18th at the Hill City School Community Room, 11:30am - 2:30pm.
