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Most Recent newsletter:

• May 2011:  Information on Wetland Regulations

Archived newsletters:

• February 2011: Stormwater BMP Maintenance

• December 2010: MCWD Cost Share Programs

• November 2010: Subscribe to WaterPro, MCWD's electronic news for people working with water issues

• Fall 2007: Jump In! MCWD Celebrates 40 Years; Watershed Heroes Awards Gala; Meet New Land Conservation staff; Green Roofs; 40 Years of Water Management: A Look Back; Traveling Exhibit Tells Story of Watershed Changes; $100,000 in Grant Funds Available; Rules Task Force Update

• Winter 2007: MCWD Adds Value to Your Education Program; Winter Infiltration; 20 Million Dollars for Conservation; Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Grants Awarded; District Seeks Rules Task Force Members; Ten Year Plan Approved by Board

• Fall 2006: MCWD Releases Draft 10-Year Plan; Street Width; District Takes Lead on TMDLs, Udai Singh, District Water Quality Specialist; MCWD Managers Attend Big Island Park Ceremony

• Summer 2006: Make the Most of Your Comprehensive Plan; Parking Lot Vegetated Swales; Former Farm to Protect Water; Harbor Wildlife; DNR Shoreland Vegetation Grants; New Features at Minnehaha Creek Headwaters; Angela Hammers New District Technician; Jeff Casale Joins MCWD Board of Managers

• Winter 2006: MCWD sponsors Low Impact Development Conference; The New Minnesota Stormwater Manual; Satellite Water Quality Information; Correction: Orono Buffer Rules; District Purchases 36-acre Farm; MCWD Finalizing Plans; Wojtysiak Joins District as Compliance Officer

• Fall 2005: Low Impact Development (LID); Orono sets Buffer Rules; Grants for Stewardship; District Staff Changes

• Summer 2005: The Latest and Greatest for Erosion Control; Residents Save Shorelines; Meet District Staff

• Spring 2005: Wet Ponds - Increased Effectiveness through More Frequent Maintenance; Solar bees - Landing this summer in Stubbs Bay, DNR Veteran named new MCWD Communication and Education Coordinator

• Fall 2004: Exotics in the Minnehaha Creek Watershed; Dr. Lorin Hatch joins MCWD as Water Quality Specialist; Boy Scouts named Watershed Heroes for Cleaning up Minnehaha Creek

• Summer 2004: New MPCA Water Quality Standards Coming; Performance Based Rules; Restaurateur Lee Keeley appointed to MCWD Board

• Spring 2004: New ways to Educate about Water Resources; Green Roofs Reduce Runoff; New Board Members Named

• Winter 2003: MCWD's (H&H) Hydraulic/Hydrologic and Pollutant Loading Model

• Fall 2003: Waterwise: Proposed Rule M guidelines for Buffers; Excerpts of technical Fact Sheet on Buffers; Trillium Bay Homeowner's Association buffer project

• Summer 2003: Waterwise: Arboretum Porous Pavement Demonstration; MCWD Adds Staff; Shoreline Resident Example: Kathy and Carl Newman; Fulton Neighborhood Cynthia Krieg Project

• Spring 2003: Waterwise: City of Plymouth; Gleason Lake Homeowner's Association; West Nile Virus; Wetland Functions and Values Assessment; MCWD/NPDES Rules and Permits

• Winter 2002: Waterwise: City of St. Louis Park; Updated MCWD Mission Statement; Watershed Hero's Award - Wes Skoglund, Dennis Ozment, Julie Sabo, Victor Gilbertson

• Spring 2002: Waterwise: City of Minnetrista; New Permit Brochure; Nokomis Award; Jennings Bay Report; Meet Renae Schubert

• Winter 2001: City Highlight: Minnetonka; BMP's and the Bioretention concept; Rain Garden Testing; Jo Colleran: Minnetonka Environmental Coordinator