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Mimicking Nature with Green Infrastructure

By: angiehongmn February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Keeping water cleanfeatured, flooding, green infrastructure, green roof, groundwater, porous pavement, raingarden, stormwater pollutionLeave a Comment

One way to make better use of nature’s readymade bioengineering is through green infrastructure practices such as raingardens, green roofs, and permeable pavement that help to catch water and hold it on the landscape for future use.

New project aims to take Lily Lake off the impaired water’s list

By: angiehongmn September 30, 2021September 28, 2021

Keeping water clean, Local Achievementsfeatured, Lily Lake, middle st. croix watershed management organization, phosphorus, raingarden, Stillwater, stormwater pollutionLeave a Comment

A new regional infiltration basin will collect and filter stormwater from a large area of land that includes commercial and residential property, delivering it to Lily Lake cleaner and with less phosphorus.

St. Croix Secrets

By: angiehongmn February 16, 2012

Keeping water clean, Water Conservation, Yards and Landscapingraingarden, shoreline plantings, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

When looking at the St. Croix River, do you ever wonder where all that water came from?

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.