Roseau River Watershed Dist

Roseau River Watershed Dist is a U.S. local government entity (township-level watershed district) operating exclusively as a sub-recipient of federal grants, with no prime contract awards or IDV seating. The district has received four federal grant sub-awards totaling $565 thousand across two funding agencies over the past thirty months, all routed through Minnesota state intermediaries rather than direct federal awards.

The district's grant footprint divides between disaster-relief and water-quality work. Three of four awards flow through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance program (CFDA 97.036) via the Minnesota Department of Public Safety — two water-control-facility sub-awards in 2025 (Oct 24, Aug 14) tied to DR4659 disaster relief, and one earlier DR-4659 award in March 2023. The remaining award is a water-quality restoration sub-grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, awarded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in December 2024, focused on Hay Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation — the sub-award funds stream restoration activities across four phases designed to reduce sediment loading by 609 tons per year and E. coli by 21%, with secondary reductions in total phosphorus and total nitrogen to align with Minnesota's Nutrient Reduction Strategy and EPA Pollutant Load Estimation Tool targets.

Activity is sparse and episodic: one award in 2023, one in 2024, two in 2025. No recompete cliff is evident in the near term given the small award values and grant-based (rather than contract-based) mechanism. The district operates as a local government sub-recipient only — it does not sit on federal contract vehicles, does not act as a prime contractor, and does not function as a teaming partner for commercial federal contractors. Its role is environmental and emergency-management project delivery at the watershed/county level, funded through state pass-through grants.