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July 31, 2026
MWMO Newsletter — July 2026 — River Songs Edition
In This Issue: Poetry, Affordable Housing, River Art, Staff Updates, Upcoming Events, and More
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Study aims to track sources of downtown runoff
A new Mississippi Watershed Management Organization study is aiming to better understand the types and amounts of pollutants that come from different surfaces in downtown Minneapolis.
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Artists create ‘Interspecies Postal Service’ to monitor climate change
Pink mailboxes are the new blue U.S. Postal Service mailboxes. At Franconia Sculpture Garden, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, and the UMN Ecology Department Building, an artist project called "Transition Habitats" by Elliot Montgomery and Chris Woebken offers another portal into the affects of climate change.
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Glimpsing a New Model of Sustainable Urban Redevelopment
MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization has released a video highlighting a new sustainable, cost-effective approach to urban redevelopment.
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Looking for a few good neighbors to protect water quality
MINNEAPOLIS — All across the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area, neighbors are joining together to improve the health of water in their communities and beyond. By becoming trained and certified as Master Water Stewards, they have dreamed up, created and installed projects beyond what they thought possible.
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Master Water Stewards program open for applications
The Freshwater Society partners with about 16 local government units on the program, including the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
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NiceRide on the river: Kayak on the Mississippi for $20 through the Paddle Share program
There are currently two places where you can pick up a kayak: North Mississippi Regional Park and at the Lowry Avenue Bridge (there’s a station at the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization…
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Sustainability Drove Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Redesign
“We’re trying to manage water where it lands,” says Marcy Bean, of the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, which provided $1.5 million for the water reuse system.
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