2022 - Lake Redwood photo by Ben Stoterau
Highlights of 2022 - Funding Relating to water quality
STAFF:
Shawn Wohnoutka, Water Quality Technician (19 years)
Joy Bruns, Office Manager (12 years)
Bill Moldestad, PE, Contract Engineer (20 years)
Kerry Netzke, Executive Director (7 years)
FY2022 Grants
MPCA – Redwood River TMDL & WRAPS Grant COMPLETED
MPCA – Cottonwood River TMDL & WRAPS Grant COMPLETED
MPCA – WPLMN Amendment (2022-2024) $73,370.83
MDA – Pesticide Monitoring $ 4,850
MDA & MAWRC -- Discovery Farms (Redwood County) ~$ 3,500
State of MN Bonding – Lake Redwood Dredging Project
Remaining State funds $658,432.91
Remaining Local funds $343,459.90
BWSR – Plum Creek Watershed Clean Water Fund Grant $400,805 -
Spent $143,735.41 and Encumbered $112,294.54
*BWSR – Pell Creek Watershed Clean Water Fund Grant $648,075 -
Spent $272,781.53 and Encumbered $66,782.70
*BWSR – Cottonwood-Middle Minnesota One Watershed, One Plan Planning Grant ~$253,000
*NEW GRANTS
Summary of Plum Creek CWF Appropriation
This grant is intended to provide a minimum of 15% to be added to federal 319 funds (60%) awarded specifically to this watershed. A larger cost-share percentage may be used as long as a 25% match (federal and local funds) is achieved by end of the grant.
Goal: 1,470 tons/year of sediment removed - Current: 1,029.60 tons/year
Match Required: $100,201.25 - Match To Date: $434,654.24
Appropriation Summary
Total Project Costs = $596,250.66
Grant Expended = $143,735.41
Landowner Match Provided = $149,061.92
Federal 319 Funds = $285,592.32
Acred-Feet of storage created = 71.928
Tons/Year of Sediment Removed = 1,029.60
Summary of Pell Creek CWF Appropriation
This grant provides up to 75% cost-share specifically to this watershed. If Plum Creek federal 319 funds remain, they may be used on this grant as well.
Goal: 300 tons/year of sediment removed Current: 405.94 tons/year
Match Required: $162,018.75 Match To Date: $96,362.17
Appropriation Summary
Total Project Costs = $382,352.70
Grant Expended = $272,781.53
Landowner Match Provided = $ 96,362.17
Other Federal Funds = $ 13,209.00
Acre-Feet of storage created = 0.00
Tons/Year of Sediment Removed = 405.94
Lake Redwood Dredging Project Update - Completed to Date
► JF Brennan Company inc. successfully completed dredging the contract quantity of 657,329 cubic yards, PLUS an additional 25,551 cubic yards, for a total of 682,880 cubic yards removed.
► dredging was completed in less than 6 months (April 22 - October 15).
► Brennan has removed all the equipment and pipeline, and with assistance from mathiowetz construction company, will finish restoring all driveways, field approaches and Township roads by Veteran’s Day.
► The project will be completed under budget with local funds returned to the city of redwood falls for CDF maintenance.
Activities For 2023
► Restoration of unvegetated areas (laydown Area, CDF, and any others.)
► CDF will be seeded aerially in the early spring, followed with herbicide.
► Upon project close-out (~ July 1), CDF ownership will be transferred to the City of Redwood Falls for continued management. 5 to 7 years is estimated until the land can be placed into agricultural production once again.
Lake Redwood Reclamation Photos - 2020 & 2021 Highlights
Highlights of 2020 and 2021
FY2020 GRANTS
MPCA – Redwood River TMDL & WRAPS Grant $ 69,000
MPCA – Cottonwood River TMDL & WRAPS Grant $ 66,000
MPCA – WPLMN (Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network) $ 46,800
MDA – Pesticide Monitoring $ 5,500
MDA & MAWRC Discovery Farms (Redwood County) $ 8,000
State of MN Bonding – Lake Redwood Dredging Project $2,005,500
FY2021 GRANTS
MPCA – Redwood River TMDL & WRAPS Grant $ 49,000
MPCA – Cottonwood River TMDL & WRAPS Grant $ 38,000
MPCA – WPLMN (Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network) $50,000
MDA – Pesticide Monitoring $ 5,500
MDA & MAWRC -- Discovery Farms (Redwood County) $ 5,000
State of MN Bonding – Lake Redwood Dredging Project $ 805,000
MPCA – SWAG (Surface Water Assessment Grant) – Yellow Medicine $3,133
BWSR – Plum Creek Watershed Clean Water Fund Grant $ 400,805
SUMMARY OF PLUM CREEK CWF APPROPRIATION
This grant is intended to provide a minimum of 15% to be added to federal 319 funds (60%) awarded specifically to this watershed. A larger percentage of this grant may be used as long as a 25% match (federal and local funds) is achieved by the end of the grant. Goal: 1,470 tons/year of sediment removed
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
HOLLY 2 GRADE STABILIZATION – Murray County $ 21,679.89
SPRINGDALE 25 GRASSED WATERWAY – Redwood County $ 9,995.50
SPRINGDALE 13/24 GRADE STABILIZATION – Redwood County $ 29,810.88
SPRINGDALE 13/24 ROAD RETENTION – Redwood County $ 14,071.66
SPRINGDALE 22 WATER & SEDIMENT BASINS (1) – Redwood $ 21,215.70
HOLLY 7 GRADE STABILIZATION – Murray County $ 4,124.00
Total Completed Projects – $ 100,897.63
PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION:
SPRINGDALE 22 WATER & SEDIMENT BASINS (2) – Redwood $ 1,978.05 HOLLY 3 GRADE STABILIZATION – Murray County $ 18,537.74
Total Projects in Construction – $ 20,515.79
TOTAL EXPENDITURE TO DATE $ 121,413.42
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Total Project Costs = $ 486,949.81
Landowner Match Provided = $ 121,737.21
Federal 319 Funds = $ 225,937.17
Acre-Feet of storage created = 71.928
Tons/Year of Sediment Removed = 201.5+ (updated total not available yet)
UPDATE OF LAKE REDWOOD DREDGING PROJECT
COMPLETED TO DATE
► PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PROVIDED BY HOUSTON ENGINEERING INC.
► ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN RENEWED. LICENSE TO CROSS RAMSEY CREEK IS CURRENTLY AT MNDOT.
► CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONFINED DISPOSAL FACILITY (CDF), OR THE DEWATERING POND, WAS COMPLETED IN 2020 BY MATHIOWETZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
► JF BRENNAN COMPANY WAS THE SUCCESSFUL LOW BIDDER ($4,468,111.45), COMPETING WITH 3 OTHER BIDS RANGING FROM $5,889,319.20 TO 8,327,271.68.
► BRENNAN IS CURRENTLY FUSING AND PLACING THE PIPELINE FROM THE LAKE TO THE CDF. THE CDF OUTLET STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO DNR FOR APPROVAL, AND WILL BE PLACED ONCE APPROVED. ALL ANCILLARY OPERATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY YEAR END.
► ONE EASEMENT REMAINS TO BE ACQUIRED AND WILL BE COMPLETED ONCE THE PIPELINE IS PLACED UPON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. - 4 - LAKE REDWOOD ACTIVITIES FOR 2022
► AS SOON AS WEATHER PERMITS, JF BRENNAN WILL BEGIN 24/7 DREDGE OPERATIONS.
► DEPENDING UPON THE TIMING OF ICE OUT, THE START OF OPERATIONS MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL MAY 2022 FOR DOWNSTREAM SPAWNING CONCERNS.
► 650,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SEDIMENT IS THE GOAL FOR REMOVAL.
► DREDGING OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE/DAM AND WILL PROCEED UPSTREAM. BRENNAN IS CONFIDENT THAT THE GOAL CAN BE ACHIEVED IN ONE DREDGE SEASON.
► UPON COMPLETION OF DREDGING, THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CDF WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS FOR CONTINUED DEWATERING MANAGEMENT. 5 TO 7 YEARS IS THE ESTIMATED TIME FOR COMPLETE DEWATERING, WHICH IS LARGELY DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF ORGANICS IN THE SEDIMENTS.
► THE CDF BERMS WILL REMAIN PERMANENTLY. THE CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS INTENDS TO LEASE THE PROPERTY FOR FARMING ONCE COMPLETED DEWATERED
Lake Redwood Activities for 2022
► AS SOON AS WEATHER PERMITS, JF BRENNAN WILL BEGIN 24/7 DREDGE OPERATIONS.
► DEPENDING UPON THE TIMING OF ICE OUT, THE START OF OPERATIONS MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL MAY 2022 FOR DOWNSTREAM SPAWNING CONCERNS.
► 650,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SEDIMENT IS THE GOAL FOR REMOVAL.
► DREDGING OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE/DAM AND WILL PROCEED UPSTREAM. BRENNAN IS CONFIDENT THAT THE GOAL CAN BE ACHIEVED IN ONE DREDGE SEASON.
► UPON COMPLETION OF DREDGING, THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CDF WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS FOR CONTINUED DEWATERING MANAGEMENT. 5 TO 7 YEARS IS THE ESTIMATED TIME FOR COMPLETE DEWATERING, WHICH IS LARGELY DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF ORGANICS IN THE SEDIMENTS.
► THE CDF BERMS WILL REMAIN PERMANENTLY. THE CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS INTENDS TO LEASE THE PROPERTY FOR FARMING ONCE COMPLETED DEWATERED
Power Point Presentations from previous years
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