MN HF3474

Appropriates $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to assess wetland restoration structures needing repairs or replacement on existing RIM reserve conservation easements.

Appropriates $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources or soil and water conservation districts for RIM reserve conservation easements in Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Wabasha, or Winona County.

Requires prioritization of areas within the specified counties that have trout streams or dissolved bedrock, sinkholes, sinking streams, or other features that make groundwater particularly susceptible to contamination.

Both appropriations are designated as one-time funding.