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Extension & Conservation Center
4100 220th St. W., Suite 102
Farmington, MN 55024
Phone: (651) 480-7777
fax: (651) 480-7775
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State Cost-Share Program Fact Sheet
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State Cost-Share Program Fact Sheet
Need financial help to implement a water quality or erosion control
project?
It may be available. The State Cost-Share Program was established in
1977 and is administered locally by the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation
District (SWCD). The State Cost-Share Program assists landowners financially
with the installation of soil and water conservation practices that are
designed for an effective life of not less than ten years and meet one of
the following objectives:
- Control nutrient runoff
- Stabilize critical eroding areas
- Divert runoff to protect and improve water quality
- Reduce wind erosion
- Control gully, rill, or sheet erosion
- Protect shoreland from erosion
- Control stormwater runoff
- Protect surface water and groundwater quality.
Practices eligible for cost-share may be approved up to:
- 75% of the total cost for projects with immediate water quality concerns.
- 65% of the total cost for projects that do not pose an immediate water
quality threat, but the erosion and sedimentation affects another landowner.
- 50% of the total cost for projects that do not pose an immediate water
quality threat and the erosion or sedimentation does not affect another
landowner.
The SWCD provides technical assistance to the agricultural landowner
by:
- Conducting a site investigation with the landowner
- Working with the farmer to determine the best management practice (BMP)
for the given situation
- Surveying and designing the project
- Producing a rough cost estimate
- Providing the landowner with a designed plan for submission of bids
- Performing a pre-construction conference with the contractor and landowner
- Supervising construction
- Certifying completion of the project
(All practices must be approved prior to construction. Landowners are
reimbursed upon completion.)
Primary Contact for State Cost-Share Program
Todd Matzke, Resource Conservationist
Phone: (651) 480-7780 Fax: (651) 480-7775
todd.matzke@co.dakota.mn.us
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