Rum River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy Report

The Rum River Watershed covers 1,013,760 acres of the Upper Mississippi River Basin in central Minnesota, stretching from Lake Mille Lacs in the north to the confluence with the Mississippi River in the city of Anoka. The watershed covers large portions of Aitkin, Mille Lacs, Isanti, and Anoka Counties and covers smaller areas of Crow Wing, Morrison, Benton, Kanabec, Chisago, and Sherburne County as well as portions of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal land. This Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) document is meant to serve as a foundation of technical information that can be used to assist in development of tools and prioritization of water quality efforts by local governments, landowners, and other stakeholder groups. The information can be used to determine what strategies will be best to make improvements and protect good quality water resources, as well as focus those strategies to targeted locations.