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MWMO Newsletter – January 2021 – Project Updates, Grant Opportunities, Upcoming Events and More
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This Week’s Four Must-See Art Shows
City Pages - Feb. 4, 2016
Aaron Dysart takes ice sculpturing to a whole new level with Watershed. Using data collected from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, Dysart has crafted a 3-D scale model replica of the river floor.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to grow with 16 works from Walker Art Center
Star Tribune - Jan. 26, 2016
Its grounds and pathways will be reconfigured, new trees and shrubs planted and water management systems upgraded (…) with funding from the state of Minnesota and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
Study to review effects of retiring a stretch of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis
Star Tribune - Jan. 4, 2016
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, based on the northeast riverfront, the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, are cooperating in the work.
Stormwater project will protect Roseville’s Lake McCarrons
Star Tribune - Nov. 13, 2015
St. Anthony, the Mississippi Water Management Organization, Minneapolis, St. Anthony and Hennepin County are collaborating to construct a $1.6 million underground stormwater treatment and research facility. It will treat 169 million gallons of runoff annually, removing 39 tons of sediment.
On the bleak side of Prospect Park, a transformation nears turning point
Star Tribune - Oct. 31, 2015
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has been a part of a committee analyzing the potential for a district system, which it plans to test on the same two blocks as the greening program along SE. 4th Street in Minneapolis, between 29th and Malcolm.
New stormwater park and learning center
KARE 11 - Sept. 18, 2015
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Northeast Minneapolis has a new education center. The Stormwater Park and Learning Center is located just upstream from the Lowry Bridge, and features a number of interactive exhibits and displays.