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RECD S~~ 2 5 1996 s® September 1996 Published Quarterly by the Hennepin Conservation District HCD Receives Twin Cities Water Quality ,~ Initiative Grants ~~ ~4' ' The Metropolitan Council ~ ~. awarded two Twin Cities Water Qual ity Initiative Grants to the Hennepin Conservation District (HCD). A b ant of $15,930 was awarded to conduct a windshield survey of best management practices in the rural. areas of Hennepin County. HCD hopes to begin this project as soon as the grant. agreement is finalized. The result will be a map and supporting information. about best management practices that are being used in the rural areas of Hennepin County. This will serve as a good reference for others interested in trying best management practices. As part of the survey, an inventory of sites where best manage- ment practices are needed will also be completed. The second grant in the amount of $97,185 is for continuing the District's Benthic MacroinvertebrateMonltoring Program. The funds will be used to add more schools and stream sites to the program, which started with the Elm Creek Watershed. HCD has also received financial sup- portfor this program. from the Mississippi Headwa- ters Board, the Minneapolis City of Lakes Rotary Club, the Hamel Lions and the Elm Creek Water- shed Management Commission. In addition to the two grants awarded directly to HCD, staff will be working with the Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Management Commission to in- stall best management practices throughout the wa- tershedusing a $100,000 grant from the Metropoli- tan Council. The Natural Resources Conservation Service will be a cooperator on this project as well as the windshield survey project. Volume 7 Number 3 ioengineering Project n Trout Stream In looiton With the cooperation and support of the De- partment of Natural Resources (DNR) Conserva- tion Partners Grant Program, a unique sp>•ing-fed stream located on the Izaak Walton League's prop- erty in Bloomington is being stabilized and restored utilizing bioengineering practices. The Minneapolis Chapter of the Izaak Walton League owns and operates an area along the Minne- sotaRiver called the Minnesota Valley Nature Cen- ter (Center). The Center is open to schools, organi- zations and. groups free of charge. A central attrac- tion ofthe Center is a spring fed stream and pond that provides habitat for brook and rainbow trout. Several projects to improve trout habitat have failed due to erosion problems. Pools previously built in the spring are often filled by late summer. Sediment deltas need to be periodically cleaned This picture shows the installed. coin roll with live dogwood stakes planted behind it. These Izaak Walton League members are installing the biomat behind the roll and on the steep bank for stabilization. Later plantings will be installed in the biomat for stability. BIO@llglfl@9CII1C~] continued on page 2. Hennepin Conservation District 1