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Lower Minnesota River West

Map showing the Lower Minnesota River West Planning Area, with county and municipal boundaries, public watercourses, and basins.

The Lower Minnesota River West Partnership (Partnership) is a group of the Counties and Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) of McLeod, Nicollet, and Sibley, and High Island Creek Watershed District. The Partnership covers an area north and west of the Minnesota River herein referred to as the “Lower Minnesota River West watershed” or “planning area.” The Partnership was formed to develop a Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (Plan) through the One Watershed, One Plan (1W1P) program detailed in Minnesota Statutes 103B.801. Through the 1W1P program, the local governments (Partners) prepared this plan to guide cooperative water and natural resource management actions over the next 10 years.

Click below to view the Lower Minnesota River West Plan.

Lower_MN_River_West_CWMP_03162023_final.pdf