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A flower’s fleeting charm

By: angiehongmn April 8, 2021

Outdoor AdventuresEarth Day, featured, native plants, spring, spring ephemerals, spring wildflowers, woodland wildflowers1 Comment

Of all the flowers that exist, spring ephemerals are the ones that I hold dearest in my heart.

Inspiring a Land Ethic

By: angiehongmn April 23, 2020April 21, 2020

UncategorizedAldo Leopold, conservation, Earth Day, environment, featuredLeave a Comment

There are degrees and kinds of solitude. An island in a lake has one kind; but lakes have boats, and there is always the chance that one might land to pay you a visit. A peak in the clouds has another kind; but most peaks have trails, and trails have tourists. I know of no…

Adopt a storm drain in honor of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary

By: angiehongmn April 16, 2020April 14, 2020

Keeping water clean, Partners and Updatesadopt a drain, clean water, Earth Day, featured, stormwater pollution, volunteeringLeave a Comment

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — participated in teach-ins and rallies across the nation to advocate for an end to environmental destruction. The event was organized by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, and was inspired by a string of environmental disasters, including…

Volunteers needed for 2016 Earth Day Clean-up Events

By: angiehongmn April 12, 2016

Keeping water cleanEarth Day, litter, Washington County, Washington County Environmental CenterLeave a Comment

Plastic bottles, bags, cigarette butts and other garbage in streets and roadside ditches are eventually washed into lakes and rivers when the snow melts or it rains. The Mississippi river gathers runoff (and trash) from 1,245,000 square miles and carries it to the Gulf of Mexico.

Get involved and make a difference for Earth Day and Arbor Day

By: angiehongmn April 22, 2015

Partners and UpdatesArbor Day, birding, Carpenter Nature Center, Earth Day, Great River Greening, Mahtomedi, trees, volunteering, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

Saturday, April 25, Mahtomedi will be holding its 9th annual RITE of Spring Earth Day event, 9am-noon and Carpenter Nature Center will be holding its 3rd annual Earth Day Birding Festival, 8am-4pm.