In the sediment of Lake Pepin, downstream of the Twin Cities metro area, dioxins derived from triclosan have increased by 200-300% since the 1960s.
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Our Stretch of the Mississippi River: Good, Bad and Ugly
So, is it safe to swim in the river? The answer is it depends.
Read MoreUpdates and Progress in Restoring the St. Croix River
On August 8, 2012, a multijurisdictional collaborative known as the St. Croix Basin Team achieved an important milestone in their efforts to restore the St. Croix River when the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) Plan was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Read MoreClear Lake, Happy Campers
There are many reasons why little Spring Lake near Akeley is clear while most of the shallow lakes near us are not.
Read MoreIt takes a neighborhood to save a lake
A study conducted by BCWD in 2011 identified 71 homes out of 500 in the Croixwood neighborhood where residential raingardens like those built by Kathy Klonecki and Margaret and Robert Boettcher would most help to keep polluted runoff out of Long Lake.
Read MoreDraining your pool without killing your lake
Don’t end up in the police blotter in your local paper. Don’t dump chlorinated water into the street or your local lake!
Read MoreGrassed Waterways
Per acre, lawns and suburban landscapes create as much polluted runoff as farmland, but cropland has a larger overall impact on our St. Croix, Mississippi and Minnesota River systems simply because so much more land is covered in crops than lawns.
Read MoreGoing Old School at Lake Phalen
By the 1990’s, the shoreline around Lake Phalen consisted of a mangy mix of riprap, weeds, eroding soil and remnant turf grass. In some locations, even the paved walking path was in danger of crumbling into to water.
Read MorePar for the Course?
This spring, the Oak Glen Golf Course in Stillwater is wrapping up a $300,000 stream improvement project that will restore natural habitat along 1300 feet of Brown’s Creek and convert two acres of land adjacent to the stream from turf grass into a buffer of native plants.
Read MoreBuried Treasure Optional
This year, the City of Bayport joined forces with the Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization to put an end to Perro Creek’s annual pollution parade.
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