Who We Are
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is a local unit of government
responsible for managing and protecting the water resources in
one of the largest and most heavily-used urban watersheds in Minnesota.
The watershed stretches 178-square miles from St. Bonifacius
to south Minneapolis and includes Lake Minnetonka, the
Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Creek, and Minnehaha
Falls. It includes eight major creeks, 129 lakes, and thousands of
wetlands. Learn more about the watershed.
Education
Clean Water Tips
Tip: Don't mow all the way to a shoreline or streambank. Leave a 10-foot wide buffer of vegetation to catch runoff. (Learn more about this clean water tip).
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The Clean Water Summit focused on green infrastructure and the various ways to protect clean water. 
We had two great cleanups in 2017: one that focused on Minnehaha Creek
in St. Louis Park and Hopkins and one that focused on Lake Hiawatha in
Minneapolis. Volunteers cleaned up 1,134 pounds of trash along Minnehaha
Creek and 1,233 pounds of trash around Lake Hiawatha. That's over a ton
of trash collected and kept out of our waters!