One Watershed, One Plan (1W1P)

About One Watershed, One Plans (1W1P)

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. 

What is a 1W1P? The vision for One Watershed, One Plan is to align local water planning on major watershed boundaries with state strategies towards prioritized, targeted, and measurable implementation plans – the next logical step in the evolution of water planning in Minnesota.

Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources videos explaining 1W1P available here: 

https://bwsr.state.mn.us/one-watershed-one-plan-videos

Mississippi River Brainerd One Watershed, One Plan

The Mississippi River Brainerd Watershed is an important watershed for Aitkin, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd Counties, and Minnesota. The watershed contains 1,079,950 acres and 2,149 river miles, including the national treasure: the Mississippi River, and 212 lakes greater than 10 acres. The counties' tourism industry is based on the high-quality lakes, Mississippi River, and most significant cities for these counties, including Baxter, Brainerd, Little Falls, and Aitkin. Tourism is because of the high-quality lakes, public land, private forest land, and recreational opportunities. These lakes and private forest lands need a unified protection implementation plan. 

Partners and Land Area Include:

• Aitkin County - 35% 
• Aitkin Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) - 35%
• Crow Wing County - 34%
• Crow Wing SWCD - 34%
• Morrison County - 23%
• Morrison SWCD - 23%
• Todd County - 7.5%
• Todd SWCD - 7.5%

Policy Committee 

A Mississippi Brainerd One Plan Policy Committee has been established whose role is to decide on the content of the Plan, serve as a liaison to their respective boards (i.e., County Board or Soil and Water Conservation District Board), and act on behalf of their Board. Bylaws have been established to describe the functions and operations of the committee.

Bylaws

Meeting Minutes

• 3/28/2022
• 4/26/2022
• 5/24/2022
• 8/23/2022
• 11/22/2022

Citizen Advisory Committee

The Mississippi River Brainerd One Watershed, One Plan Advisory Committee, will be established to assist and provide technical support and make recommendations to the Policy Committee on the development and content of the Plan.

Meeting Minutes

• 7/26/2022
  • 7/26/2022 Meeting Report
• 1/24/2023
  • 1/24/2023 Meeting Report

Technical Advisory Committee

• 6/28/2022
• 7/26/2022
  • 7/26/2022 Meeting Report
• 8/23/2022
  • 8/23/2022 Meeting Report
• 9/27/2022
  • 9/27/2022 Meeting Report
• 11/01/2022
  • 11/01/2022 Meeting Report
• 11/22/2022
  • 11/22/2022 Meeting Report
• 1/24/2023
  • 1/24/2023 Meeting Report
• 2/28/2023
  • 2/28/2023 Meeting Report

Public Kick-Off Event was held June 6th, 2022 / Camp Ripley, Little Falls, MN

• Flyer
• Agenda
• Press Release

Agency comments received prior to development of the 1W1P

• Minnesota DNR
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• The Nature Conservancy 

1W1P Project Update Newsletter

• Volume 1 - October 2022

Pine River One Watershed, One Plan

The Pine River One Watershed, One Plan was adopted by the Crow Wing County Board at it’s January 7th, 2020 meeting and approved by the MN Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) on September 25th, 2019. 

• Pine River One Watershed, One Plan - Final Plan
• Crow Wing County Board signed resolution
• MN Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) signed board decision
• BWSR approval letter
• Final MOA with all signatures
  
  

Planning Documents

• Public Comments received and responses
• Proposed Changes to the Pine River 1W1P
• Pine River One Watershed, One Plan Summary of Draft
• Planning Process Information Page

About The Pine River Watershed One Watershed, One Plan

Cass County, Crow Wing County, the Cass County Soil and Waters Conservation District, and the Crow Wing Soils and Water Conservation Districts, are embarking on the development of the Pine River watershed "One Watershed, One Plan". Already, both Cass and Crow Wing Counties have implemented watershed-based land protection models for county water planning in recent years. The vision for the Pine River Watershed One Watershed, One Plan is to align local water planning on major watershed boundaries with state strategies towards prioritized, targeted, and measurable implementation plans – the next logical step in the evolution of water planning in Minnesota. The Pine River Watershed is 800 square miles and exists in central Cass and northern Crow Wing Counties. The plan development timeline identifies a projected plan approval by December, 2019.

Policy Committee

A Pine River One Watershed, One Plan Policy Committee has been established whose role is to decide on the content of the Plan, serve as a liaison to their respective boards (i.e., County Board or Soil and Water Conservation District Board), and act on behalf of their Board. Bylaws have been established to describe the functions and operations of the committee.

Policy Committee By-Laws

Policy Committee Minutes

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