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Spring Water Quality Strategies in the Six Mile Creek Halsted Bay Subwatershed (May 20, 2019)
With the warmer weather this past month, we were able to continue our effort to improve the water quality and ecological integrity of Wassermann Lake in Victoria...

Resiliency through Partnerships (April 24, 2019)
A major theme to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District’s (MCWD) work is “resiliency.” The term refers to the ability to bounce back and recover quickly and is a common buzzword when talking about changes to weather patterns. As our climate...

Transform Your Yard into a Monarch Oasis (April 17, 2019)
You’ve probably heard about the plight of the monarch butterfly. For years, monarchs have been struggling to find the plant most vital to their survival: milkweed. As a result of the widespread use of herbicides, milkweed has...

Volunteer Spotlight: Master Water Steward Graduate Continue Water Stewardship (April 11, 2019)
A retired pre-school educator, Barb Patterson was looking for opportunities to volunteer in her community of St. Louis Park.  Barb was able to pursue...

Preventing Spring Flooding in the Six Mile Creek – Halsted Bay Subwatershed (April 8, 2019)
 The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) opened Gray’s Bay Dam at the outlet of Lake Minnetonka on Thursday, March 21, despite there still being...

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