MPCA-Implementation Grants for SW Resilience

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Minnesota’s climate is changing – it is happening here and now and will continue well into the future. We see the harmful effects in communities across our state today, from our own health and safety to overwhelmed infrastructure, damaged property, dying trees and culturally important native species, and the inability of population centers to cool off overnight. Climate trends identified through monitoring over decades of changes in temperature and precipitation, snow depth, and lake ice, storms and droughts, our growing season and more show that Minnesota is becoming warmer and wetter, with more damaging rains, and cold weather warming. More extreme heatwaves and extended periods of drought alternating with intense precipitation are expected in the future.

The Minnesota Climate Action Framework defines resilience (to climate change) as “The capacity of individuals, communities, businesses, buildings, infrastructure or the natural environment to prevent, withstand, respond to, and recover from disruptive events and continue to perform despite persistent stresses imposed by climate change.”

During the 2023 Legislative Session, ongoing funding was appropriated in the Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources, Climate, and Energy bill H.F. 2310, Article 1, Sec. 2, Subdivision 2(k) to support communities in planning and implementing projects for climate resiliency and water infrastructure that will allow for adaptation for a changing climate. The funding in this RFP provides an opportunity for communities to address stormwater vulnerabilities, specifically water quantity issues and localized flooding, and plan for the effects of Minnesota’s changing climate.

This grant encourages projects that include green infrastructure and/or other practices with multiple benefits, such as storage for reuse/drought protection, infiltration, groundwater recharge, community amenities, pollutant treatment, reduction in impervious surface/heat island reduction. Green infrastructure is defined by the Minnesota Climate Action Framework as “Ecological systems, both natural and engineered, that are managed primarily for stormwater management, [with co-benefits of] reduction of heat stress, increased biodiversity, better air quality, cleaner water, and healthier soils.”

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