Shell
Rock
Rive
Wate shed
Dist ict
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C edit:
www.shell ock.o g)
I
2020,
Mi esota
app oved
$1.918
millio
fo
the
Shell
Rock
Rive
Wate shed
Habitat
Resto atio
P og am
–
Phase
IX.
Acco di g
to
a
2025
fi al
epo t
f om
the
Lessa d-Sams
Outdoo
He itage
Cou cil,
the
p og am
ultimately
p otected,
esto ed
o
e ha ced
588
ac es
of
habitat
i
the
Shell
Rock
Rive
wate shed,
exceedi g
its
o igi al
goal
of
483
ac es.
A
habitat
p og am
takes
shape
The
fu di g
was
p ovided
u de
Mi esota
Laws
2020,
with
the
app op iatio
di ected
to
the
Mi esota
Depa tme t
of
Natu al
Resou ces
fo
a
ag eeme t
with
the
Shell
Rock
Rive
Wate shed
Dist ict.
The
fu di g
was
i te ded
to
suppo t
la d
acquisitio
as
well
as
the
esto atio
a d
e ha ceme t
of
aquatic
habitat
withi
the
wate shed.
The
p og am
focused
o
seve al
types
of
co se vatio
wo k,
i cludi g
acqui i g
p ope ties,
esto i g
wetla ds
a d
imp ovi g
aquatic
habitat.
The
p ojects
we e
selected
usi g
co se vatio
pla i g
a d
mo ito i g
i te ded
to
ide tify
a eas
whe e
habitat
imp oveme ts
could
p ovide
sig ifica t
be efits.The
Shell
Rock
Rive
Wate shed
is
a
shallow-lake
system
that
suppo ts
fish,
wate fowl
a d
othe
wildlife.
Acco di g
to
the
fi al
epo t,
esto atio
p ojects
we e
ta geted
at
add essi g
habitat
deg adatio
a d
imp ovi g
co ditio s
fo
ative
fish,
wate fowl
a d
wildlife.
Th ee
p ope ties
p otected
O e
pa t
of
Phase
IX
i volved
acqui i g
th ee
p ope ties:
the
Gle ville
P ope ty,
the
Ba c oft
P ope ty,
a d
the
Chu ch
Lake
P ope ty.
The
Dist ict
closed
o
the
Gle ville
P ope ty
i
Ma ch
2021
a d
the
Ba c oft
P ope ty
i
Septembe
2021.
Fo
the
Chu ch
Lake
P ope ty,
the
Dist ict
t a sfe ed
the
deed
to
the
Mi esota
Depa tme t
of
Natu al
Resou ces
i
Decembe
2024
afte
acqui i g
a d
esto i g
the
pa cel.The
fi al
epo t
says
these
acquisitio s
co t ibuted
to
the
p og am’s
pe ma e t
p otectio
of
218
ac es.
A othe
370
ac es
of
habitat
a d
wetla ds
we e
e ha ced
o
esto ed
th ough
the
p og am.
Togethe ,
those
accomplishme ts
co t ibuted
to
the
epo ted
total
of
588
ac es
p otected,
e ha ced
o
esto ed.
Wetla ds
a d
p ai ie
esto ed
The
p og am
i cluded
seve al
esto atio
p ojects
beyo d
p ope ty
acquisitio .
The
Ba c oft
Wetla d
Resto atio
was
i itiated
i
2020,
with
co st uctio
begi i g
i
Ju e
2024
a d
la gely
completed
by
the
fall
of
that
yea .
Additio al
seedi g
wo k
was
completed
i
sp i g
2025.
A othe
p oject
focused
o
Pa icum
P ai ie,
whe e
habitat
e ha ceme t
wo k
was
ca ied
out
ac oss
300
ac es.
The
p oject
i volved
ative
p ai ie
vegetatio
a d
was
substa tially
completed
i
Feb ua y
2025,
with
fi al
wo k
completed
i
May.The
p og am
also
suppo ted
the
Fou tai
Lake
I -Lake
Habitat
P oject.
Wo k
i cluded
additio al
ock
eefs
a d
ock
boulde
cluste s
i te ded
to
imp ove
fish
habitat.
The
epo t
otes
that
Phase
IX
fu ds
we e
used
to
expa d
the
scope
of
this
wo k
afte
the
Dist ict
dete mi ed
additio al
fu ds
we e
available.
These
p ojects
add essed
diffe e t
pa ts
of
the
wate shed’s
ecosystem,
f om
wetla ds
a d
p ai ie
habitat
to
aquatic
a eas.
The
b oade
aim
was
to
imp ove
habitat
co ditio s
while
p otecti g
a eas
that
could
p ovide
lo g-te m
be efits
fo
wildlife.
Mo e
ac es
tha
pla ed
The
p og am’s
o igi al
accomplishme t
pla
called
fo
483
ac es.
By
the
e d
of
the
p oject,
the
fi al
total
had
eached
588
ac es,
105
ac es
mo e
tha
i itially
pla ed.
The
epo t
att ibutes
the
i c ease
to
the
additio
of
the
I -Lake
Habitat
P oject
a d
the
Chu ch
Lake
P ope ty
to
Phase
IX.Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
all
g a t
fu ds
we e
spe t.
The
fi al
g a t
expe ditu e
emai ed
$1.918
millio ,
while
the
p og am’s
fi al
total
i cludi g
leve age
was
$1.9479
millio .
A
lo ge -te m
co se vatio
effo t
The
wo k
is
i te ded
to
co ti ue
beyo d
the
e d
of
the
g a t.
The
Shell
Rock
Rive
Wate shed
Dist ict
elies
o
multiple
fu di g
sou ces,
i cludi g
a
local
optio
sales
tax,
local
levy
a d
public
fu di g,
to
mai tai
co se vatio
p ojects.
The
Mi esota
Depa tme t
of
Natu al
Resou ces
will
also
mai tai
the
Chu ch
Lake
P ope ty,
which
it
ow s.The
p og am’s
esults
illust ate
how
a
si gle
state-fu ded
co se vatio
effo t
ca
combi e
la d
p otectio ,
wetla d
esto atio ,
p ai ie
e ha ceme t
a d
aquatic
habitat
imp oveme ts.
Rathe
tha
focusi g
o
o e
habitat
type,
Phase
IX
combi ed
seve al
p ojects
ac oss
the
Shell
Rock
Rive
wate shed.
By
2025,
the
p og am
had
moved
beyo d
its
o igi al
ta get,
with
the
fi al
epo t
eco di g
588
ac es
p otected,
e ha ced
o
esto ed.
The
completed
wo k
ep ese ts
a
combi atio
of
pe ma e t
la d
p otectio
a d
habitat
imp oveme ts
desig ed
to
suppo t
Mi esota’s
fish,
wate fowl
a d
wildlife
ove
the
lo g
te m.
