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Minnehaha Creek Clean-up (2010)
Watershed Heroes Award Ceremony (2009)
Minnehaha Creek Clean-up (2009)
Minnehaha Falls and Glen Groundbreaking Ceremony (2008)
Watershed Heroes Award Ceremony (2008)
Clean Water Council Tour (2008)
Minnehaha Creek
Flora and Fauna
Lakes & Parks

2010 Minnehaha Creek Clean-up

2010 Creek Clean-up Flier

*All pictures of the Minnehaha Falls and Glen Groundbreaking Ceremony were taken by Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Little helpers	Team name?	Happy helpers	Citizens for the Minnehaha Creek Corridor
Attack from the water	Returning with treasures	Job well done	Counting Candy bar wrappers
Serving lunch	Enjoying lunch with some Leinies	Senator Klobuchar welcomes volunteers back	Weighing the trash
Giving the results to Greg (KS95) and the Senator	Girl Scouts help out and win prizes	Coin toss for the canoe... heads or tails	Leinie Lodge Canoe winner!

2009 Watershed Heroes Awards Ceremony

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*All pictures of the Watershed Heroes Awards Ceremony were taken by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Excellence in Development Award			Stonehenge USA
Innovation in Government Award			City of Mound
Outstanding Partner Award			Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
Youth Naturalist Award			K.I.C.K (Keep It Clean Kids)
Citizen Engagement Award			Mike Shouldice
Outstanding Contribution Award			Mary Nolte
Lifetime Stewardship Award			Gabe Jabbour

 

 

2009 Minnehaha Creek Clean-Up

Click here to learn more about the 2009 Minnehaha Creek Clean-up and to see more photos of this event.

*All pictures of the Minnehaha Creek Clean-up were taken by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Breakfast	Collecting clean-up materials: t-shirt, garbage bags, gloves	Storm drain stenciling	Storm drain stenciling
Storm drain stenciling	Lunch	KS95 giving away prizes	Canoe Give-Away
Greg from KS95 doing the final coin toss for the canoe give-away	The last two contestants	Greg from KS95 with the winner of the canoe	One of Four piles of garbage collected

Minnehaha Falls and Glen Groundbreaking Ceremony

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*All pictures of the Minnehaha Falls and Glen Groundbreaking Ceremony were taken by Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

 

2008 Watershed Heroes Award Ceremony

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*All pictures of the Watershed Heroes Award Ceremony were taken by Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Excellence in Development Award			Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Innovation in Government Award			City of Minnetonka
Outstanding Partner Award			Bachman's
Citizen Engagement Award			Dave Oltmans & Friends of Diamond Lake
Outstanding Contribution Award			Sandy Colvin Roy
Lifetime Stewardship Award			Woody Love

Other Photos

 

Clean Water Council Tour

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*All pictures of the Clean Water Council Tour were taken by Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.

Downtown Mound
Bachman's
West End Development
Locust Hills
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Dinner Cruise

 

Minnehaha Creek

Minnehaha Falls By Jeff Mills	Minnehaha Falls By Alex Nikitsin	Browndale Dam, Edina By Anthony Garcia	Minnehaha Falls Park By Alex Nikitsin	54th Street Bridge By Anthony Garcia
Minnehaha Falls By Alex Nikitsin	Minnehaha Creek, Willow Park By Gail Anderson	Minnehaha Creek By Alex Nikitsin	Minnehaha Creek Headwaters By Julie Westerlund	Knollwood Canoe Landing, St. Louis Park By Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
Capture the Falls By Tim Nolan	Minnehaha Falls By Alex Nikitsin	Minnehaha Falls By Minnehaha Creek Watershed District	Minnehaha Falls By Alex Nikitsin	Kayaking Minnehaha Creek By Minnehaha Creek Watershed District

To see more photos of Minnehaha Creek by Alex Nikitsin please click here.

Flora and Fauna

Dragonfly By Julie Westerlund	Great White Egret By Anthony Garcia	Water-lilies on Minnehaha Creek By Julie Westerlund	Black-crowned Night-Heron By Anthony Garcia
Monarch Butterfly on a Blazing Star By Julie Westerlund	Bald Eagle, Longfellow Lagoon By David Schmidt	Purple Coneflower By Julie Westerlund	Pileated Woodpecker By David Schmidt
Turkscap Lily at Minnehaha Park By David Schmidt	Turkscap Lily at Minnehaha Park By David Schmidt

Lakes & Parks