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2021 will bring $2.6 million in new funding for watershed work in the St. Croix region

By: angiehongmn December 31, 2020February 5, 2021

Keeping water clean, Local Achievements, Partners and UpdatesChisago Soil and Water Conservation District, City of Hugo, clean water, Clean Water Fund, clean water grants, comfort lake - forest lake watershed district, featured, middle st. croix watershed management organization, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, St Croix River, St. Croix watershed, watershed1 Comment

Just in time for the holidays, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources approved $12.3 million in Clean Water Fund grants to be used statewide for water quality improvement projects across Minnesota. Locally, partners in the Lower St. Croix watershed will receive $1.4 million in Clean Water grants in addition to $1.2 million already…

In the in between

By: angiehongmn December 3, 2020

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We’re in the season of in between, both literally and metaphorically. The leaves have fallen but the snow has not. A crisp layer of ice coats the corners of the lakes and rivers, not yet thick enough to support our weight, but cold and sharp enough to keep us from impulsively leaping in for one last swim.

In the time of in between, look for the simple pleasures in life. The magic is still happening, just a little bit more quietly.