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A New Look for MWMO and a Clearer Path Forward

MWMO has a new look and a clearer way to tell our story.

If things look a little different today, you’re not imagining it. You’ll see a refreshed logo, updated visuals, and a more consistent voice across our website, newsletter, social media, and out in the...

Paddlers at Share the River Nordeast 2019.

‘Share the River Nordeast’ Canoe Event Returns on June 26

MINNEAPOLIS —The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization invites the public to a family-friendly evening of cookies and canoeing on the Mississippi River on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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MWMO grants funds for 5 Northeast projects

Northeast is the beneficiary of five grants awarded recently by the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) for environmental work. These green infrastructure projects capture, treat and/or reuse stormwater runoff. Grants range from $3,000 to $550,000. All of these projects will begin this year.
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Restoring Native Landscape at Kasota Ponds

(…) Funding for the project came from a grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. All of this is part of the SAPCC’s work to create a native pollinator-friendly pond buffer that also assists in improving water quality. 
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Spring break starts out soggy for UMN area

Nick Busse, communications principal with the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, said localized flooding is often caused by plugged storm drains. The City of Minneapolis works to clear storm drains in order to avoid this kind of flooding.
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Watershed management training concludes

Dimapur, March 16 (EMN): A two-day training and workshop on “Hydro-meteorological monitoring and watershed management” concluded on March 16 at department of land resources’ resource centre, Ruzaphema, Dimapur. The training was organised by the land resources department in collaboration with University of Minnesota and Mississippi watershed management organisation, USA.
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Collective efforts solve multiple issues, advance reuse

Within the US state of Minnesota's new Towerside Innovation District, a testing ground for experimental approaches to city planning, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization is at the helm of a unique approach to stormwater management that hinges on cooperation between neighbors.
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Stevenson kindergarten students ‘save seeds’ for rain garden

On a mission to fight pollution, Stevenson kindergarten students kicked off a school-wide initiative as they ‘saved seeds’ on Jan. 11.
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Columbia Golf Course gets stormwater funds

The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) will begin to address flooding issues and water quality in Northeast Minneapolis, thanks to $800,000 from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR).
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Golf course upgrades meant to reduce pollution in Mississippi

A new project is meant to keep polluted water out of the Mississippi River, and reduce flooding in Northeast Minneapolis and Columbia Heights. The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has been awarded $800,000 from the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources...
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