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Valley Creek flows clear on a cold midwinter’s night

By: angiehongmn January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

Aquatic Biology, Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Partners and UpdatesBelwin Conservancy, clean water, featured, Valley Branch Watershed District, Valley Creek, winter solsticeLeave a Comment

As it spins through the galaxy in trajectory around the sun, the Earth leans on its axis, 23.5-degrees. That slightest lean means all the difference between warm summer days, sun on the back and toes in the soft, brown dirt – that and the cold bite of winter, frozen breath before your face and wind…

Finding Light in the Darkness

By: angiehongmn January 3, 2017

UncategorizedArtReach St. Croix, Belwin Conservancy, winter solsticeLeave a Comment

As Charlie and I joined the circle, linking hands with strangers on our left and right, the only things we could see were the blazing fire at the center of the ring and the half-lit faces of people gathered round.

Giants of the prairie

By: angiehongmn June 8, 2016

Wildlife, Yards and LandscapingBelwin Conservancy, bison, prairie, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

On Saturday, June 11, the ground in the Belwin prairie will again shake as a truck pulls up, opens its doors and releases a herd of bison with thundering hooves.

Give me a home where the buffalo roam

By: angiehongmn June 7, 2013

Wildlife, Yards and LandscapingBelwin Conservancy, bison, prairie, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

This year, for the first time, the Washington Conservation District has grant funds available to help landowners living near the St. Croix River convert large areas of turf to prairie, making it easier than ever for people to go native.