ENRTF ID: 275-G

Project Title: Whiskey Creek & Mississippi River Water Quality/Habitat/Recreation Project

Category: G. Land Acquisition for Habitat and Recreation

Summary: Project will purchase 13.8 acres and construct water quality, habitat, and recreational improvements to protect the Mississippi River from contaminants in the 400-acre, highly impervious watershed in Baxter Minnesota.

Total Project Budget: $ 1,470,500
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)

Name: Tim Terrill
Sponsoring Organization: Mississippi Headwaters Board
Job Title: Executive Director
Department: Address: 322 Laurel St.
Brainerd MN 56401
Telephone Number: (218) 824-1189
Email timt@mississippiheadwaters.org

Location:
Region: Central
County Name: Crow Wing

Alternate Text for Visual: The project is located in Baxter Minnesota just West of the Northland Arboretum and within the Whiskey Creek watershed. The proposed Best Managment Practice is centered within a green space that connects to the Paul Bunyan Regional Trail. Whisheky Creek flows East through the project area and Northland Arboretum and discharges into the Mississippi River.