Wildlife – Page 2 – East Metro Water

Score your shore: A tool to measure the health of your lakeshore property

By: angiehongmn June 13, 2025

Aquatic Biology, Wildlife, Yards and Landscapingfeatured, lakes, lakeshore, Minnesota, Minnesota lakes, native plants, shoreline, up northLeave a Comment

Maintaining and restoring lakeshore habitat isn’t just good for wildlife, it also helps to protect valuable real estate from literally washing away.

Froggy Figaro

By: angiehongmn April 25, 2025April 24, 2025

Aquatic Biology, Wildlifefeatured, frogs, native plants, nature, spring, WetlandsLeave a Comment

Minnesota is home to 14 species of frogs and toads. During the spring, their chorus rings out as the males search for females and compete to present themselves as the most attractive option with whom to settle down and make a few thousand babies. Because each species has a distinctly different call, you can determine which types of frogs live in your area simply by listening to their symphony.

Tips for dry feet and healthy wetlands

By: angiehongmn April 11, 2025April 11, 2025

Aquatic Biology, Outdoor Adventures, Wildlifebirds, bogs, featured, marshes, Wetlands, WildlifeLeave a Comment

Though Minnesota might be known as the “Land of 10,000 lakes,” we could just as easily call ourselves the “Land of 1,000,000 wetlands.”

Darks skies, birds fly

By: angiehongmn March 14, 2025March 13, 2025

Wildlifebirds, featured, lights out, migration, springLeave a Comment

Currently, an estimated 41,100 birds are crossing Minnesota every night and this number will climb to 18 million by mid-May.

One important and easy action you can take to protect birds during their spring and fall migration is to turn out the lights.

Community art project explores flora and fauna of the Brown’s Creek Watershed

By: angiehongmn February 28, 2025February 28, 2025

Aquatic Biology, Partners and Updates, Wildlifeart, Browns Creek Watershed DIstrict, drawing, featured, painting, poetry, St Croix River, Stillwater, writingLeave a Comment

The Water Where We Live is open for viewing Mondays through Fridays from 10am – 3pm or by appointment at A House Unbuilt’s Art & Water Space (321 Main Street S – second floor). There will also be a reception on Thursday, March 6 from 4-7pm that is free and open to the public. Stop by to meet the artists, have a drink at the “Water Bar,” and learn from environmental professionals at Brown’s Creek Watershed District and EOR.

Interpreting the past and future through feathers, fur and bones

By: angiehongmn February 21, 2025February 19, 2025

WildlifeBell Museum of Natural History, birds, deforestation, endangered species, featured, habitat restoration, passenger pigeon, WildlifeLeave a Comment

Researchers at the Bell Museum study the ways animals adapt to environmental changes, the spread of zoonotic diseases, impacts of pollution, and declining species.

Rivers re-wilded, fish return

By: angiehongmn February 18, 2025

Aquatic Biology, Partners and Updates, Wildlifedam removal, featured, fishing, Minnesota, remeander, rivers, streams, sturgeon, trout, WisconsinLeave a Comment

From dam removals to re-meander projects, many rivers and streams in Minnesota are regaining their wildness and seeing fish and other wildlife return.

Likely Stories: A Photographic Journey through Climate Adaptations in the St. Croix Watershed

By: angiehongmn February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Uncategorized, Wildlifeart, climate change, climate resiliency, featured, nature, photography, St Croix River, St Croix Watershed Research Station, Washington Conservation District, wild rivers conservancy, WildlifeLeave a Comment

“Likely Stories,” the project that emerged, can best be described as a photographic journey through climate adaptations in the St. Croix Watershed. As part of this project, the artists seek to document the local impacts of climate change, such as black ash swamps, decimated by Emerald ash borer, tamarack “ghost forests,” algae blooms on the river and inland lakes, and future changes at the Allen S. King power plant. Equally important, they also hope to showcase examples of individuals, communities and organizations that are taking action to build climate resiliency.