In Re the Enlargement & Increasing the Number of Managers of the Brown's Creek Watershed District

OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

Respondent Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) granted respondent County of Washington’s petitions to enlarge two watershed districts, Brown’s Creek Watershed District and Valley Branch Watershed District. The enlarged watershed districts include property within the territories of two joint powers water management organizations (JP-WMOs), relator Middle St. Croix Valley Water Management Organization and Lower St. Croix Valley Water Management Organization. 1 In this certiorari appeal, Middle St. Croix argues that BWSR lacks the authority to assign to a…