Content Type: External News

April 27, 2018

Minneapolis unveils plans for new public works depot

Star Tribune - April 26, 2018

The LEED-certified project also received a boost with the award of a $550,000 grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, whose focus is on reducing the amount of polluted runoff water reaching the river.
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April 13, 2018

Stevenson Elementary students benefit from Outdoor Learning on the Riverfront grant

Sun Focus - April 12, 2018

R.L. Stevenson Elementary School was recently awarded the Outdoor Learning on the Riverfront grant through the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. The $3,000 grant will allow the school to expand outdoor learning opportunities by creating a rain garden and butterfly garden in the center of the newly created turnaround area near the playground.
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April 12, 2018

MWMO Newsletter – Spring 2018

Email Newsletter - April 12, 2018

The latest news and stories from the MWMO.
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April 2, 2018

Monitoring the Northern Stretch of the Mississippi River

Environmental Monitor - April 2, 2018

One organization in Minnesota is keeping a close eye on the northern part of the Mississippi River through an extensive water quality monitoring effort that includes the river, a stormwater drainage system, and local lakes and wetlands.
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March 24, 2018

University of Minnesota Teams Up with Organization to Fight Water Pollution

KSTP-TV - March 23, 2018

In the state of 10,000 lakes, it's important to have clean water. Right now the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization is partnering with the University of Minnesota to try and figure out where pollutants are coming from now. 
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March 22, 2018

Part of the solution to water pollution

Sun This Week - March 22, 2018

The Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District has partnered with four local watershed organizations — the Vermillion River Joint Powers Organization, the Black Dog Watershed Management Organization, the Lower Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization and the Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Watershed Management Organization — to create the Landscaping for Clean Water program.
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February 8, 2018

Hawthorne EcoVillage Apartments took a village to build it

Finance and Commerce - Feb. 8, 2018

It took 10 years and complex financing, but a 75-unit affordable and sustainable housing development is finally open on a busy corner of north Minneapolis.
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January 27, 2018

(Next) Best Paddling Towns: Minneapolis, MN

Canoe and Kayak - Jan. 27, 2018

(…) Pull over at the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization right before the Lowry Bridge to secure your boat and walk to Betty Dangers, a fun local bar with a ferris wheel and mini-golf course…
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January 23, 2018

Annie Young, longtime Minneapolis Park Board member and a blunt advocate for conservation, dies

Star Tribune - Jan. 23, 2018

Annie Young, pictured during a break from an arts event she was participating in at the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization in Minneapolis in April 2015…
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