This agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) (PL 117-58) to shakopee mdewakanton sioux community

This $380,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Non-State Member Support for the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan program (CFDA 66.487) will fund activities to improve water quality within the Prior Lake HUC 12 watershed in Minnesota. The grant recipient, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, will assess and manage the common carp population, conduct an alum treatment in Arctic Lake, and restore the holding and treatment capacity of Pond S21-2. These activities aim to reduce nutrient and sediment concentrations, improve aquatic life, and ultimately lower the nutrient load flowing to the Minnesota River and the Gulf of Mexico. The project period runs from January 15, 2024 through September 30, 2028. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

The proposed project focuses on reducing non-point source pollution to the minnesota river by implementing restoration projects within the prior lake HUC 12 watershed (070200121105). Elevated nutrient concentrations and degraded aquatic life are major water quality issues within the watersheds of the minnesota river basin, including the prior lake HUC 12 watershed. The project will assess carp within the main channel of the watershed, remove carp biomass from the system and reduce nutrient and sediment concentrations within the watershed. Activities:the activities include: - arctic lake alum treatment - improve aquatic life and reduce sediment loading by conducting common carp management - restore holding and treatment capacity of pond S21-2 subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include: - less nutrients in the water column of arctic lake- which would show less nutrients flowing to the ploc - removal of sediments and the associated nutrients in pond S21-2 bound to them-this reducing the nutrient and sediment load reaching the ploc which is a tributary of marb waters. The expected outcomes include: - finding the anoxic zone in arctic lake by expanding water quality monitoring - install PIT station, trap netting and electrofishing to quantify population of carp in arctic and deans lake - site restoration and bathymetry - sediment removal the intended beneficiaries include: - shakopee mdewakanton sioux community resident's