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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District Board of Managers have scheduled a public hearing on the 2026 general budget and levies for ditch systems and projects under their jurisdiction for Monday, August 11, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Watershed District office, 1303 4th AVE NE, Barnesville, Minnesota. A summary of the proposed budget is as follows:
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Administrative Funds. An amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for general administrative expenses and for construction, implementation, and maintenance of projects of common benefit to the district per M.S.A. 103D.905, Subd. 3.
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Basic Water Management. An amount not to exceed 0.00798 percent of the taxable market value to pay costs attributable to basic water management features of projects/programs implemented by petition, per M.S.A 103D.905 Subd. 3. Multiple levies are anticipated for projects/programs, including, but not limited to: conservation programs and practices, education and outreach, water quality monitoring, and other projects/programs of common benefit.
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Liability Insurance. An amount not to exceed $25,000.000 for premium costs for such insurance, per M.S.A. 466.06.
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Ditch Systems.
Clay County: Ditch No. 2, Ditch No. 3, Ditch No. 5, Ditch No. 9, Ditch No. 10, Ditch No. 11, Ditch No. 12, Ditch No. 16, Ditch No. 17, Ditch No. 20, Ditch No. 21, Ditch No. 22, Ditch No. 23, Ditch No. 28, Ditch No. 30, Ditch No. 32, Ditch No. 33, Ditch No. 34, Ditch No. 35, Ditch No. 36, Ditch No. 39, Ditch No. 40, Ditch No. 41 & Lateral 1, Ditch No. 41 - Lateral 2, Ditch No. 41 - Outlet, Ditch No. 47, Ditch No. 49, Ditch No. 50, Ditch No. 51, Ditch No. 51 – Lateral, Ditch No. 51 – Improvement, Ditch No. 53, Ditch No. 54, Ditch No. 55, Ditch No. 57, Ditch No. 58, Ditch No. 59, Ditch No. 60, Ditch No. 63, Ditch No. 65, Ditch No. 67, Ditch No. 68, Ditch No. 69
Becker County: Ditch No. 5, Ditch No. 6, Ditch No. 9, Ditch No. 10, Ditch No. 15, Ditch No. 19, Ditch No. 21
Wilkin County: Ditch No. 1A, Ditch No. 1B, Ditch No. 1C, Ditch No. 2, Ditch No. 3, Ditch No. 4, Ditch No. 5A, Ditch No. 6A, Ditch No. 7, Ditch No. 12, Ditch No. 13, Ditch No. 13 - Lateral, Ditch No. 15, Ditch No. 22, Ditch No. 23, Ditch No. 26, Ditch No. 27, Ditch No. 28, Ditch No. 29, Ditch No. 31, Ditch No. 34, Ditch No. 37, Ditch No. 40, Ditch No. 41, Ditch No. 42, Ditch No. 43, Ditch No. 44
Clay-Wilkin Judicial Ditch No. 1
Wilkin-Otter Tail Judicial Ditch No. 2
Projects: Anderson Acres Ringdike, County Line Outlet, Cromwell Township Highwater, Crystal Creek Flood Control, Georgetown Flood Control Levees, Glyndon East Tributary, Grove Lake Outlet, Hawley Diversion, HRBP Outlets, Kragnes Ringdike, LaBelle/Boyer Lake Outlets, Lake Jacobs Outlet, Manston Slough Restoration, Moorhead 50th AVE S Flood Control, Moorhead I-94 Flood Control, Oakport Flood Mitigation, Riverton Township Retention, Stinking Lake Detention, Stony Creek Restoration, Turtle Lake Outlet, Upper South Branch Buffalo River, Whiskey Creek Enhancement, Whisky Creek Tributaries, Wolverton Creek Restoration
Whiskey Creek Enhancement
Whiskey Creek is a tributary to the Red River of the North located in Wilkin County, MN. The Whiskey Creek subwatershed is approximately 157 square miles in area and extends from northeast of Rothsay in Otter Tail County flowing through the Red River Prairie eco-region in Wilkin County. Whiskey Creek outlets near Kent, Minnesota into the Red River of the North.
Surveys of Whiskey Creek show mild to significant sediment buildup within the creek over the last several decades. Sedimented waterbodies have a reduced channel hydraulic capacity, resulting in more frequent breakout flows. Breakout flows tend to scour the landscape, causing erosion as they cut new channels through tilled fields and ultimately deposit the eroded material back in the channel. Whiskey Creek has been identified by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as impaired for macroinvertebrate, fecal, coliform, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity.
Project proposes to restore 9 miles of channel in Sections 5, 8, 9, 10 and 15, Connelly Township, Sections 19, 29, 30, 31, and 32, Nordick Township, Section 24 McCauleyville Township, Wilkin County.
Whiskey Creek in the News
Project Features:
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Restore 9 miles of channel to stable natural stream
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Improve drainage and conveyance
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Install over 200 sediment BMPs
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Expand over 700 acres of buffers
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Reduce sediment loading to channel
Project is estimated to cost $9.9 million
Funding:
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Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Water Quality Initiative Grant
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership Grant
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Section 319 Funds
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Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Outdoor Heritage Fund
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Department of Natural Resources, Stream Habitat Program
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Board of Water and Soil Resources, Clean Water Fund
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Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM)
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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
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BRRWD district-wide funding
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Water Management District (local assessment)
