Eagan watershed group seeks local input as 10-year plan is updated

The Eagan–Inver Grove Heights Watershed Management Organization asked the Sustainable Eagan Advisory Commission on April 8 to help shape its updated 10-year watershed management plan and sought priorities from commissioners on lakeshore management, salt use, irrigation and homeowner actions.

The request came during a presentation by Victoria Bridal, board administrator for the Eagan–Inver Grove Heights WMO, who said the update is part of the statutory 10-year process and that staff want “those involved citizens to get some input on how we develop the plan.”

Bridal told the commission that the WMO focuses largely on education and voluntary projects because most on-the-ground stormwater work in the political watershed is carried out by the City of Eagan under its MS4 permit from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. “The city is now doing a lot of that footwork,” she said, noting the WMO’s role in funding outreach and…