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Welcome
Welcome to the Red River Watershed Management Board (RRWMB) website. The RRWMB’s jurisdiction and authority encompasses the area managed by the individual watershed districts that have membership on the Board. Eight watershed districts within the Red River Valley form the RRWMB including the Joe River, Two Rivers, Roseau River, Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers, Red Lake, Sand Hill River, Wild Rice, and Bois de Sioux.
The RRWMB was created by an act of the Minnesota legislature in 1976 to provide an organization with a basin-wide perspective concerning flooding. Historically, the activities of the RRWMB have centered on flood control. Previous efforts in dealing with the flooding problem within the Red River Basin consisted of single projects within a localized area, planned with primary regard to local benefits. The RRWMB actively promotes a basin-wide perspective for water management.
Member Watershed Districts
Each member watershed district and the counties included therein:
- Joe River -- Kittson County
- Two Rivers -- Kittson, Roseau and Marshall
- Roseau River -- Roseau, Kittson, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods and Marshall
- Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers WD -- Marshall, Polk, Pennington, Kittson and Roseau
- Red Lake WD -- Red Lake, Pennington, Clearwater, Beltrami, Marshall, Koochiching, Itasca, Mahnomen, Roseau and Polk
- Sand Hill River WD -- Polk, Norman and Mahnomen
- Wild Rice WD -- Norman, Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Clearwater, and Polk
- Bois de Sioux -- Traverse, Grant, Wilkin, Stevens, Big Stone and Ottertail
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What's New
Administrator's Report by Naomi Erickson
August Issue of "News & Views" Available Online -- Read the current issue online.
August Issue of the FDR Focus Newsletter Available Online.
Funding Commitments Worksheet -- A revised funding commitments worksheet reflecting “net” commitments has been developed. Please refer to handout.
IRS Standard Mileage Rate -- The Internal Revenue Service announced a new interim mileage rate. The new rate, effective from July 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008 is 58.5 cents per mile. The rate from January 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008 was 50.5 cents per mile.
Requests for Public Data -- On July 9th I received an anonymous letter dated July 7th requesting copies of public data as per Minnesota Statute Chapter 13. The request was forwarded to legal counsel for review. Mr. Smith indicated that the board’s Data Practices Act policy is not consistent with the statute regarding the cost per page to copy and suggested that the board should consider updating their policy to conform with the statute.
A second request for information dated July 9th was received from Juel Furuseth of Halstad, MN on July 14th requesting copies of funds transferred from the board to the Wild Rice Watershed District for the Heiberg Dam project.
Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group -- The Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group met on June 19, 2008 in Hankinson, ND.
Upcoming meetings of the Work Group have been scheduled in conjunction with the RRWMB August 19, 2008 and November 18, 2008 regular monthly meetings.
Water Quality Project Monitoring Committee -- The Water Quality Project Monitoring Committee (Daniel Wilkens, Orville Knott, and Mark Meister) met via conference call on June 26, 2008 along with John Finney and N. Erickson to discuss the issue of leasing or purchasing vehicles for the Water Quality Project Monitoring initiative. A recommendation from the committee will be presented to the board at today’s meeting.
Upcoming Meetings/Conferences
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Red River Basin Commission, September 4, 2008, Ramada Plaza Suites & Convention Center, Fargo, ND.
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September RRWMB Board Meeting, Tuesday, September 16 at the Wild Rice Watershed District, Ada, MN starting at 9:30 a.m.
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VIEW OUR NEW EVENTS CALENDAR -- Subscribe to receive email updates when the calendar is changed, and view events of the various watershed districts.
Red River Basin Commission, September 4, 2008, Ramada Plaza Suites & Convention Center, Fargo, ND.
September RRWMB Board Meeting, Tuesday, September 16 at the Wild Rice Watershed District, Ada, MN starting at 9:30 a.m.
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