According to estimates, the system will reduce the golf course’s groundwater pumping by up to 50%.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreHow’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.
Read MoreHow’s the Water Minnesota? (Part 1 – Lakes)
Deeper lakes fare better than shallow ones, and the lakes in less developed portions of the metro are doing better than those in cities or adjacent to farms.
Read MoreWearing high heels in the winter and other things you shouldn’t do
We have a growing problem in Twin Cities area lakes, streams and even wells that is almost entirely caused by the 365,000 tons of salt we are putting down on roads, parking lots, driveways, and sidewalks each year.
Read MoreCreating 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 MoreFinding peace by the water’s edge
If I had let them, we might have spent the rest of the day in that spot, paying no heed to the setting sun or the tendrils of cold spreading round us.
Read MoreExploring 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.
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 MoreImagine how it could be
Many of our local lakes and streams have gradually degraded over the years due to development and urbanization.
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