Gray's Bay dam closed for season (December 5, 2016)
We've closed the Gray's Bay dam, which regulates the flow of water between Lake Minnetonka and Minnehaha Creek, for the season. It is the second-straight year in which unseasonably late rains kept the dam open later than usual. Last...
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Nature Conservancy features District's AIS early detection efforts (November 17, 2016)
"I regularly interview conservation biologists searching for cryptic creatures: rare birds, nocturnal predators, well-camouflaged snakes. But for sheer difficulty and pure...
Artist Sean Connaughty Works to Improve Water Quality in Lake Hiawatha (October 3, 2016)
Artist turned activist Sean Connaughty says that littering is an equal opportunity problem that crosses all lines – ethnic, socio-economic, age, and gender – and profoundly...
Fall lawn care for clean water (October 1, 2016)
by Sherry White, MCWD Board of Managers President
Fall has a magical way of
making yard work actually pleasant. There is something about raking up a pile
of crunchy leaves that makes me happy in a way that picking weeds on a sticky
summer day...
Low-Maintenance Landscaping with Nor Olson (September 30, 2016)
"Before I had grandchildren, all of my pictures were of our prairie," says Nor Olson, looking over her low-maintenance landscape in Stillwater Township. A native mix of wildflowers and grasses now surround her house – where...