The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources adopted policies that establish a boundary framework and set minimum procedural and plan content requirements for developing comprehensive watershed management plans through its One Watershed, One Plan program. These policies are consistent with Minnesota Statutes §103B.801 and based on the One Watershed, One Plan Guiding Principles adopted by BWSR on December 18, 2013.

Operating Procedures

One Watershed, One Plan Operating Procedures version 3.0 (pdf) Adopted August 24, 2023, Applies to plans started on or after August 24, 2023 and to all plan amendments. 

One Watershed, One Plan Operating Procedures version 2.1 (pdf) Adopted March 24, 2021.  Applies to plans started on or after March 24, 2021.

One Watershed, One Plan Operating Procedures version 2.0 (pdf) Adopted March 28, 2018. 

One Watershed, One Plan Operating Procedures version 1.0 (pdf)

Plan Content Requirements

One Watershed, One Plan - Plan Content Requirements - version 3.0 (pdf) Adopted August 24, 2023.  Applies to plans started on or after August 24, 2023 and to plan amendments as described in the One Watershed, One Plan Operating Procedures.

One Watershed, One Plan - Plan Content Requirements version 2.2 (pdf) Adopted December 15, 2022. Applies to plans started on or after December 15, 2022.

One Watershed, One Plan - Plan Content Requirements version 2.1(pdf) Adopted August 29, 2019.  Applies to plans started on or after August 29, 2019.

One Watershed, One Plan - Plan Content Requirements version 2.0 (pdf) Adopted March 28, 2018.  

One Watershed, One Plan - Plan Content Requirements version 1.0 (pdf)

Boundary Framework

Boundary map, poster size (pdf)

Labeled with boundary numbers - February 2021 (pdf)

Geodatabase with boundary layer shapefile

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles (pdf)