Mission Statement
The mission of the Upper Minnesota River Watershed District is to serve the residents of the District by wisely and judiciously managing water, in a manner that sustains and enhances the social, economic and natural resources of the District.  
The District prefers the use of innovative water management methods, which recognize the unique agricultural, community, lake and stream, and natural resources within the District.  These innovative approaches as reflected by the policies of the District should be oriented toward ensuring the economic viability of the District’s agrarian community.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

6/10/2025
The Upper Minnesota River Watershed District is soliciting proposals from qualified vendors to mow ditch banks, spray weeds and spray volunteer trees within the Toelle Coulee Phase 1 Project (referred to as the ditch through town) in Browns Valley, MN
The Project consists of roughly 1.5 miles of open ditch that need to be sprayed for weeds and other vegetative growth, including volunteer trees which will need manual herbicidal/ chemical application immediately following mowing and/or cutting.

Full Scope of Work/ Bid Sheet can be found HERE
Bid Sheet due June 30, 2025 at 4:00 pm and can be submitted via mail or email to [email protected]
Please contact Amber Doschadis at 320-839-3411 with any questions.

Big Stone Lake Level and area River Gage Links

*Big Stone Lake levels will now be reported in NAVD88 Datum
There will be no changes to how lake levels are maintained (this is an update to our reporting datum with NOAA only)

With this update, you will be able to look at forecasted lake levels on the NOAA website (link asterisked above) and compare to your NAVD88 insurance elevation certificates in the same datum. Refer to the linked conversion chart above to correlate between previously reported project datum and NAVD88.