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Cheap Trick Remix (the lawn version)

By: angiehongmn May 27, 2021May 25, 2021

Yards and Landscapingbee lawns, featured, lawn care, lawns, sustainable lawns, water conservationLeave a Comment

Five cheap tricks for a beautiful, healthy lawn that is safe for your kids and pets.

When watershed educators go rogue

By: angiehongmn May 20, 2021May 18, 2021

Keeping water cleanfeatured, household hazardous waste, illicit discharges, stormwater pollution, water pollutionLeave a Comment

How to dispose of five common waste products without polluting our water.

Marine community works to revitalize village center and protect the St. Croix River

By: angiehongmn May 13, 2021

Keeping water clean, Yards and LandscapingCarnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District, featured, Marine on St. Croix, raingardens, St Croix River, stormwater, volunteering, Wetlands1 Comment

On Saturday, May 1, volunteers in Marine on St. Croix planted 1,500 native plants along a wetland to create a natural buffer that will help to hold the soil in place and guard against erosion.

Art in the Pines

By: angiehongmn May 6, 2021May 4, 2021

Uncategorizedart, featured, local artists, nature photography, St Croix River, St Croix Watershed Research StationLeave a Comment

This spring, a photographer from Lake Elmo named Sarah Lilja is calling the St. Croix Watershed Research Station’s Pine Needles cabin home.

Transformation underway at Sunfish Lake Park

By: angiehongmn April 29, 2021April 28, 2021

Buckthornbuckthorn, featured, habitat restoration, invasive plants, invasive species, Lake Elmo, Sunfish Lake Park, woodlandsLeave a Comment

Sunfish Lake Park visitors will immediately notice the changes on site, where contractors and volunteers have been clearing buckthorn since late winter.

Mahtomedi Teacher Inspires Earth Day Action throughout the Year

By: angiehongmn April 22, 2021April 28, 2021

Keeping water cleanadopt a drain, featured, Mahtomedi, stormwater, stormwater pollution, volunteeringLeave a Comment

Ms. Comfort, as her students know her, is a STEM specialist at Wildwood Elementary in Mahtomedi who is always looking for unique ways to teach her kids to protect the environment.

Let the gardening begin!

By: angiehongmn April 15, 2021April 14, 2021

Keeping water clean, Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, featured, gardening, landscaping, native plants, raingardens, shoreline plantingsLeave a Comment

Thanks to a relatively early start to spring this year, many people are already beginning to dream about gardens and planting projects. Here is a run-down of upcoming workshops and other support for eco-friendly gardening projects.

A flower’s fleeting charm

By: angiehongmn April 8, 2021

Outdoor AdventuresEarth Day, featured, native plants, spring, spring ephemerals, spring wildflowers, woodland wildflowers1 Comment

Of all the flowers that exist, spring ephemerals are the ones that I hold dearest in my heart.

Students help to seed an outdoor laboratory at Crestview Elementary

By: angiehongmn April 1, 2021March 25, 2021

Partners and Updatesbuckthorn, Cottage Grove, environmental education, featured, habitat restoration, prairie restoration, south washington watershed district, woodlandsLeave a Comment

The school is converting 2.5 acres of turf to prairie and rehabbing 7.5 acres of low-quality woodlands.

Preserving a piece of paradise in the St. Croix Valley

By: angiehongmn March 25, 2021March 25, 2021

Keeping water clean, Yards and LandscapingCarnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District, conservation easements, featured, land conservation, Minnesota Land Trust, prairie, prairie restoration, Silver Creek, St. Croix River, St. Croix River Association, Washington Conservation District, Washington CountyLeave a Comment

Paul Goodwin and his family have established a 49-acre conservation easement on land abutting Silver Creek near Stillwater, MN and are working to convert 14-acres of fallow farmland to prairie and oak savanna.