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How’s the Water Minnesota? (Part 1 – Lakes)

By: angiehongmn December 18, 2014

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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.

In Search of Hardwood Creek

By: angiehongmn November 10, 2014

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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.

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Water Resources in Washington County

By: angiehongmn January 13, 2014

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Brown’s Creek, which originates near Withrow and meets the St. Croix River just north of Stillwater, is stocked annually with yearling brown trout.

Lessons from the locals

By: angiehongmn April 20, 2011

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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€