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Committee hears $190,000-per-year request to fund Area II Minnesota River Basin floodplain work
Summary
Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects requested $190,000 in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to sustain floodplain management and floodwater retention work across nine southwestern Minnesota counties; the committee laid the request over for possible inclusion.
Senate File 946, a funding request to restore and maintain state support for Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects, was presented and laid over by the Senate Environment Committee on April 1.
The request seeks $190,000 each year in fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2027 from the state general fund to support Area II's floodplain management and floodwater retention work across nine counties in southwestern Minnesota.
"This request is not an increase; it…
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