Content Type: External News
Rain gardens help Minneapolis’ first ‘eco-mosque’ control flooding
Sahan Journal - March 16, 2021
The Mill City Times Interview: Doug Snyder, Executive Director, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
Mill City Times
Columbia Golf Course undergoing $7.4 million in drainage work
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
People flocked to see the recent drawdown of the Mississippi River. Why can’t the river be like that all the time?
MinnPost
Path to River app, storm drain cleanup challenge
Northeaster
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) 2522 Marshall Street NE, an organization that strives to conserve and help advance water quality, recently developed an application that tracks storm drain water and its direct path to the Mississippi River. By developing the Path to the River app, the MWMO hopes that once community members see how […]
Environmental resources still available during pandemic
Southwest Journal
…While the service may be available in early April, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization recommends waiting on your spring garden cleanup until mid-April or early May. That’s because most pollinators do not emerge until temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees. Throughout the winter and spring, many of these insects take refuge under leaves, in hollow […]
Twin Cities first ‘eco-mosque’ hoping to solve flooding issue, bring community together
KSTP-TV
A Minneapolis mosque plagued with flooding issues is getting a much-needed makeover. Thanks to grant money from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization and Hennepin County, the Masjid An-Nur mosque is set to become the first “eco-mosque” in the Twin Cities.
What’s killing Nicollet Mall’s trees?
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
[…] The DID and Mississippi Watershed Management Organization are talking with downtown property owners and holding training sessions to try to reduce over-salting of sidewalks and parking lots.