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As the Water Drop Rolls

By: angiehongmn January 7, 2015

Uncategorizedalgae, Brown's Creek Watershed District, Carnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District, comfort lake - forest lake watershed district, middle st. croix watershed management organization, phosphorus, ramsey washington metro watershed district, rice creek watershed district, south washington watershed district, Valley Branch Watershed District, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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.

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

By: angiehongmn December 18, 2014

Keeping water cleanimpaired waters, middle st. croix watershed management organization, non-point source pollution, phosphorus, ramsey washington metro watershed district, water pollutionLeave a Comment

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.

The fallest fall ever

By: angiehongmn October 22, 2014

Keeping water clean, Yards and Landscapingalgae, apple orchards, fall, leaf raking, phosphorusLeave a Comment

Yes, fall is pretty awesome, but just like in all the other seasons, there are fall chores that need to be done in between eating apples and smashing pumpkins.

Grimy, green and gross

By: angiehongmn August 18, 2014

Aquatic Biologyalgae, aquatic plants, phosphorus2 Comments

Much of the green that is currently floating on our lakes are duckweed, though there is plenty of filamentous algae as well.

Maplewood Mall: The next urban forest?

By: angiehongmn November 8, 2011

Keeping water cleanphosphorus, ramsey washington metro watershed district, stormwater pollution, trees, water pollution2 Comments

Now, thanks to an ambitious project of the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District, trees are sprouting right out of the pavement in the parking lot of the Mall.

Work For Water Neighborhood Challenge

By: angiehongmn September 16, 2011

Keeping water cleanalgae, clean water, Freshwater Society, phosphorusLeave a Comment

Perhaps this year, however, some Minnesotans will find an extra incentive for raking their leaves, in the form of a $500 prize being offered by the Freshwater Society.

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€

Protecting the St. Croix River

By: angiehongmn March 29, 2011

Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Partners and Updatesclean water award, flooding, phosphorus, raingardens, St. Croix River, Stillwater, voluntary projects, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

In Washington County, raingardens, shoreline plantings and grassed waterways are spreading like wildflowers. There were nearly 100 clean water projects on private land in the county in 2009, and 130 in 2010.

A new twist on fish fry

For those of you keeping track, 23,000 pounds of carp could probably feed at least one thousand hungry Packer fans, more if you went heavy on the rye bread.

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.