How did the Carnelian Marine Saint Croix Watershed District come to exist?
The Board of Soil and Water Resources established the Carnelian-Marine Watershed District in June of 1981. A motivating factor was damage being done to property caused by fluctuating water levels on Big Marine, Big Carnelian, and Little Carnelian Lakes. In 2001, the Marine Water Management Organization proposed a merger with the Carnelian-Marine Watershed District. For six years discussions were held with Marine, May, Scandia, and Stillwater Township. They agreed to petition for the expansion of the Carnelian-Marine Watershed District. They also decided to include the northeast portion of Washington County that was not within any water management organization’s jurisdiction. In 2007, the Board of Soil and Water Resources accepted the petition, expanded the district, and renamed it the Carnelian-Marine Saint Croix Watershed District.
