Ten minutes before show time, the crowd was still small, but by the time the narrator began, nearly every seat was taken in the outdoor amphitheater near the lake.
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Creating an outlet to the Mississippi River in southern Washington County
Between Colby Lake in Woodbury and the Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park, acres of farmland are quickly giving way to new roads, neighborhoods, buildings and businesses.
Read MoreIn Search of Hardwood Creek
Unique plants and animals that have long since disappeared from our area due to farming and development still find home in the groundwater fed wetlands surrounding the creek.
Read MoreWalking on Water
In the coming weeks, there are a flurry of opportunities for people to embrace the coming spring and the changes it will bring to our yards and our surrounding watershed.
Read MoreComing in 2014: $1 Million in New Funding for Water Improvement Projects in Washington County
On January 22, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) announced recipients for 2014 Clean Water Fund grants.
Read MoreAs the Water Drop Rolls
“We need phosphorus to eat,” they plead. “If you’ll just give us a little more food, we promise not to turn Colby Lake green and steal all the oxygen from the fish next time.”
Read MoreOne Year Later, an Impressive Transformation for the Oak Glen Golf Course
Consultants from EOR hypothesized that if they planted deep-rooted native plants along the creek, the stream would naturally get deeper over time without them having to manually excavate the channel.
Read MoreSaving Goose Lake
Now, when it rains, the water temporarily ponds in the depression before flowing more slowly through a pipe under the roadway and into the ravine.
Read MoreBoth the Forest and the Trees
This spring, the WCD sold 23,000 trees to local residents for conservation projects and habitat plantings
Read MoreWell Water Nitrate Testing Clinics – May 6 and 8
Counter intuitively, solutions to other common water pollution problems – boiling, softening and filtration – do nothing to reduce nitrate levels and, in fact, boiling can actually increase nitrate concentrations.
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