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Headwaters protection plan estimates up to $82.3M for 75% easement goal; advocates ask $10M seed for 60% target
Summary
The 'Headwaters, Streams and Priority Lakes' team presented a selection method and preliminary cost estimates for protecting priority lakes in the Upper Mississippi Basin; they proposed a seed legislative appropriation of $10 million to pursue a 60% protection target and previewed a white paper and tour booklet due this winter.
Crystal Mathis Rood, presenting on the Oct. 24 water tour follow‑up, summarized the "Headwaters, Streams and Priority Lakes" project and shared preliminary selection criteria, protection goals and estimated costs for priority lakes in the Upper Mississippi Basin.
Mathis Rood said the team has identified 36 priority lakes so far and expects 60–80 priority lakes once watershed plans are complete. The project ranks lakes by protection and restoration need and ties goals to a protection pyramid of…
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