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~ iT~ <br />nn~nes~ta <br />Water & Soil <br />Resources <br />One West Water Street <br />Suite 200 <br />St. Paul, MN 55107 <br />(612)296-3767 <br />Fax (612) 297-5615 <br />Field Offices <br />Northern Region: <br />394 S. Lake Avenue <br />Room 403 <br />Duluth, MN 55802 <br />(218)723-4752 <br />Fax (218) 723-4794 <br />3217 Bemidji Avenue N. <br />Bemidji, MN 56601 <br />(218) 755-4235 <br />Fax (218) 755-4201 <br />217 S. 7th Street <br />Suite 202 <br />Brainerd, MN 56401-3660 <br />(218) 828-2383 <br />Fax (218) 828-6036 <br />Southern Region: <br />261 Highway 15 S. <br />New Ulm, MN 56073-8915 <br />(507}359-6074 <br />Fax (507) 359-6018 <br />40--16th Street SE <br />Suite A <br />Rochester, MN 55904 <br />(507) 285-7458 <br />Fax (507) 280-2875 <br />Box 267 <br />1400 E. Lyon Street <br />Marshall, MN 56258 <br />(507) 537-6060 <br />Fax (507) 537-6368 <br />Metro Region: <br />One West Water Street <br />Suite 250 <br />St. Paul, MN 55107 <br />(612) 282-9969 <br />Fax (612) 297-5615 <br />An equal opportunity employer <br />MEMO TO: POTEMIAL PROJECT SPONSORS <br />- Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) <br />- County Highway Departments <br />- Watershed Districts (WDs) and Watershed Management <br />Organizations (WMOs) <br />- WCA Local Governmental Units (LGUs) <br />- County Water Plan Coordinators <br />- DNR Wildlife Managers <br />- Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis Public Works Directors <br />- Metropolitan Area Park Boards <br />- County/Regional Park Departments <br />- County Land Departments <br />- 'v rsity of Minnesota -Landscape Architecture Dept. <br />FROM: o ald arnack, Executive Director <br />DATE: February 26, 1997 <br />RE: Wetland Replacement Program (for Publec Roads) <br />Request for Proposals <br />PURPOSE <br />In 1996 a number of changes were made to the MN Wetland Conservation Act <br />(WCA) including one that requires the Board of Water and Soil Resources <br />(BWSR) to replace wetlands drained or filled by local government public <br />transportation authorities for work on existing roads. Consequently, a <br />replacement plan is not required for individual projects for the repair, <br />rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of a currently serviceable existing <br />state, city, county, or town public road necessary to meet state or federal design <br />or safety standards or requirements -- provided that annual reports to the BWSR <br />are submitted by January 15th of each year which describe the wetland impacts <br />(amount, location, wetland type, etc.) for the previous and upcoming year. <br />The legislature, as part of the 1996 changes, provided the BWSR with $3 million <br />for establishment of replacement sites, at least half of which must be used in the <br />seven-county metropolitan area, according to law. At the October 1996 Board <br />meeting, the BWSR approved the option recommended by staffto work directly <br />through existing governmental units to target wetland replacement in key areas. <br />The $3 million will be made available to selected project sponsors as partners of <br />the BWSR in establishing priority replacement wetlands. The BWSR will make <br />payments to the selected project sponsors to establish the wetland sites and will <br />retain the wetland credits resulting from the replacement wetlands. <br />Printed on recycled paper <br />