Exploring the new Brown’s Creek Trail
Converting the rail bed into a walking and biking trail created an opportunity to correct some of the historic damage to Brown's Creek.
View ArticleHow’s the Water Minnesota? (Part 2 – Rivers and Streams)
In the Twin Cities metro area, development has impacted most of the rivers and streams and only 37% are meeting water quality standards for aquatic life.
View ArticleAs the Water Drop Rolls
Elsewhere across the east metro, homeowners wielding shovels and pitchforks laid traps, disguised as ornamental landscaping, to keep nutrients and other pollutants out of local waterways.
View ArticleChasing the Spring
Though the thermometer might not show it, one sure sign of spring is the Master Gardeners’ spring landscape workshop, scheduled for this coming weekend, March 7, at the Oakdale Discovery Center.
View ArticleCould Steel Wool Lead To Cleaner Water?
Since 2005, iron-enhanced sand filters have moved from the laboratory into the field, where they are quickly becoming a popular tool in the fight against stormwater pollution.
View ArticleCelebrating The Wild Along Brown’s Creek Trail
Sometimes I wonder if our children can still find the wild that we grew up in.
View ArticleBrown’s Creek Feels The Chill
For Brown’s Creek Watershed District, nursing its namesake waterway back to good health is a top priority.
View ArticleBattling Floods And Saving Trout – 20 Years Of Work For The Brown’s Creek...
Next year, the Brown’s Creek Watershed District will celebrate its 20-year anniversary and Leiser, the guy with a now-dry basement, is still working hard to prevent flooding and protect lakes and...
View ArticleHow Do You Know If A Stream Is Healthy?
Collecting water quality data from streams is not nearly as easy as collecting data from lakes and rivers.
View ArticleWhen Space Is Tight, Take Stormwater Treatment Underground
Step back in time to 1962, and you’d find Stillwater’s Lily Lake beach crowded with swimmers. Though small, Lily Lake was considered to be one of the deepest and clearest lakes in the Twin Cities area,...
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