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2025 Plan Update

2025 Watershed Management Plan Development

The Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission (BCWMC) is updating its Watershed Management Plan to guide programs and projects to address challenges and meet measurable goals from 2025 to 2035. Development of a 10-year plan is a great opportunity to take a step back and assess where the organization has been and where it’s going; to evaluate what’s been working well and where challenges remain. This page offers a one-stop-shop for information and documents related to the plan development process. For more information contact BCWMC Administrator Laura Jester at 952-270-1990 or laura.jester@keystonewaters.com. To access the current 2015 Watershed Plan, click HERE.

DID YOU MISS THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE?

On February 28, 2023 - Find the information presented at the open house HERE (11 MB), or view the slide show with photos of our waters, projects, and people HERE (10 MB).

Equity in Watershed Management Workshop

In April 2022, the BCWMC held a workshop to learn how equity principles (like diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA)) can be incorporated and addressed within watershed management. The event featured speakers from multiple organizations and small group discussions.


Plan Steering Committee Meetings & Workshops

July 11, 2022 Workshop Agenda and Materials

May 24, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved May Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Schedule | Summary of Input | Plymouth Survey Data | 2021 Performance Assessment | Gaps Analysis

Presentation from May Meeting

July 11, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved July Meeting Notes | Agenda | Process Flowchart Graphic | Draft Plan Table of Contents | Initial Issues List | Full Packet

August 1, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved August Meeting Notes | Agenda and Materials

August 17, 2023 Commission Workshop to Prioritize Issues: Plan Steering Committee Recommendations

September 7, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Sept Meeting Notes | Agenda | Draft Issue Statement & Goals

October 4, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Oct Meeting Notes | Agenda | Phase 3 Calendar | Tabular Issues & Goals

November 1, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Nov Meeting Notes | Agenda | Draft Waterbody & Watershed Quality Issues and Goals

December 6, 2023 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Dec Meeting Notes | Agenda | Draft Waterbody & Water Quality Issues and Goals | Draft Land & Water Resource Inventory

January 3, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Jan Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan TAC Meeting Notes | Draft Waterbody & Watershed Quality Issues and Goals

January 18, 2024 Commission Workshop: Workshop Materials

February 7, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Feb Meeting Notes | Agenda | Commission Workshop Notes | Memo on Future Implementation | Draft Waterbody & Watershed Quality Issues

March 7, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved March Meeting Notes | Agenda | Updated Plan Development Calendar | Updated Waterbody Classification Table | Draft Waterbody & Watershed Quality Issues

April 3, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved April Meeting Notes | Agenda | Draft Waterbody & Watershed Quality Issues

May 1, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved May Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Draft Waterbody & Watershed Quality Section Excerpt | Draft Climate Resiliency Goals | Draft Education Goals

June 12, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved June Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Draft Climate Resiliency Goals | Draft Education Goals

July 10, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved July Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Draft Education Goals | Draft Organizational Efficiencies Goals

August 7, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Aug Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Draft August Workshop Materials | Draft Organizational Efficiencies Goals | Draft Implementation Section Excerpt

August 15, 2024 Commission Workshop: Agenda & Meeting Materials | Workshop Notes and Outcomes

September 4, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Sept Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Workshop Notes | Draft Revisions to Waterbody & Watershed Quality Goals | Draft Revisions to Flooding & Climate Resiliency Goals | Draft DEIA Goals | Draft Implementation Section Excerpt | Draft Education & Engagement Plan

October 2, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Oct Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Draft Implementation Section Excerpt | Linear Project Standards Memo Feb 2023 | Linear Projects Pro & Cons Table | Draft Monitoring Plan

November 6, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Nov Meeting Notes | Agenda | Plan Progress Tracker | Updated Draft Monitoring Plan | Linear Project Standards Memo Feb 2023 | Linear Project Stds Across Metro | Updated Linear Projects Pros & Cons Table | Updated Education & Engagement Plan

December 11, 2024 Plan Steering Committee: Approved Dec Meeting Notes | Agenda | Updated Plan Development Schedule (Excel) | Updated Education & Engagement Plan | Results of November Workshop | Stream & Wetland Buffer Standards | Revisions to Requirements Document (Word)

January 3, 2025: Agenda & Memo | Linear Standards Pros & Cons Table | Linear Standards Across Metro | Stream & Wetland Buffer Standards | Draft Implementation Section 5.1

February 5, 2025: Agenda

Approved Issues & Priorities

At a workshop in August 2023, the BCWMC approved a list of issues and their priority level for plan implementation.

At workshops in January, August, and November 2024 issue statements, desired future conditions, and 10-year goals were finalized for:

Initial Input from State and Local Agencies

MN Board of Water & Soil Resources | MN Department of Natural Resources | MN Pollution Control Agency | Metropolitan Council | Hennepin County | Three Rivers Park District

City and Administrative Documents