Brown’s Creek Watershed District – Page 4

As the Water Drop Rolls: Part 2

By: angiehongmn December 30, 2011

Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Partners and Updates, Water ConservationBrown's Creek Watershed District, comfort lake - forest lake watershed district, Dellwood, Eagle Scout Ryan Thill, lake elm, raingardens, ramsey washington metro watershed district, Washington Conservation District, White Bear Yacht ClubLeave a Comment

Welcome again to another edition of As the Water Drop Rolls, brought to you by the East Metro Water Resource Education Program, a partnership of 17 local units of government working to keep your water clean.

Brown’s Creek, the Trail and the Waterhshed District

By: angiehongmn December 22, 2011

Keeping water clean, Outdoor Adventures, Water ConservationBrown's Creek Watershed District, Stone Arch BridgeLeave a Comment

An extension to the Gateway Trail using the Minnesota Zephyr Line will eventually bring trail users right into downtown Stillwater via the “Brown’s Creek Trail.”

Blue Thumb Gardens Take the Stage

By: angiehongmn July 7, 2011

Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, Brown's Creek Watershed District, native plants, raingardens, Valley Branch Watershed District, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

Many tour attendees also come in search of ideas for their own homes.

Local watershed organizations partner with homeowners on clean water projects

By: angiehongmn May 10, 2011

Keeping water clean, Partners and UpdatesBrown's Creek Watershed District, comfort lake - forest lake watershed district, Long Lake, middle st. croix watershed management organization, raingardens, ramsey washington metro watershed district, rice creek watershed district, shoreline plantings, south washington watershed district, Stillwater, Valley Branch Watershed District, voluntary projectsLeave a Comment

By splitting the cost of clean water projects with private landowners, watershed organizations are able to stretch grants and public, taxpayer funding further so that they can complete more projects per year. Private landowners, on the other hand, benefit from the design and installation assistance provided by the watersheds and are able to take on planting projects that they may not have been able to do, or afford, on their own.

Lessons from the locals

By: angiehongmn April 20, 2011

Aquatic Biology, Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Partners and Updatesalgae, Brown's Creek Watershed District, impaired waters, McKusick Lake, middle st. croix watershed management organization, MPCA, native plants, phosphorus, raingardens, shoreline plantings, Stillwater, water pollutionLeave a Comment

Says Stillwater Council Member Doug Menikheim, â€œThe Lake McKusick story is a great example of what can happen when citizens pitch in to improve their community and different layers of government work together to save money and get things done.â€

As the Water Drop Rolls

Long envied for her crystal clear water, the lake uses her beauty and charm to convince Washington County Parks and the Carnelian-Marine-St. Croix Watershed District to build raingardens, porous pavement, a rock swale and native plantings to block a pesky suitor known locally as Polluted Runoff.

Good Golfing, Happy Trout

By: angiehongmn August 13, 2010

Local AchievementsBCWD, Brown's Creek, Brown's Creek Watershed District, clean water grants, designated trout stream, raingarden, Stillwater Country Club, troutLeave a Comment

How much sediment travels down tiny Brownâ€™s Creek each year? Thereâ€™s less dirt now than last year, and there will be even less a year from now. Thatâ€™s good news for the Brownâ€™s Creek Watershed District, good news for Wolf Marine and good news for the fish in the creek. Good golfing means happy trout.