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June 30, 2026

MWMO Newsletter — June 2026 — Community Connections Edition 🤝

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An erosion pin on the river bank at Riverfront Regional Park in Fridley.

Fighting erosion and restoring shoreline at Riverfront Regional Park

We are fortunate to have an abundance of parkland along the Mississippi River as it runs through our watershed. These parks are great places to visit, but they also serve […]
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Master Water Stewards standing next to cistern.

Friends Turn Stormwater Problem Into a Cistern Solution

Story and photos courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Where once rainwater pooled on a patio, now a series of gardens flourish at the T. Rex Coffee and Cookie Café on University […]
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Students painting a watershed trash can mural.

Art project inspires community to protect the Mississippi River

She’d had enough! Rebecca Krueger, a Columbia Heights resident, artist, and art educator, was thoroughly frustrated with the amount of trash she found in her neighborhood. Blowing litter and other […]
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Diverse set of nominees emerge in awards for cleaning up polluted properties in Twin Cities

Not so long ago, contaminated “brownfields” in Minnesota were viewed as a little more than hopeless blight. But now with consumer demand spiking for close-in locations, developers are increasingly on the hunt for polluted sites that benefit from easy access to the urban core.
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Minneapolis looks to restore Mississippi River island

Work on a $6.7 million construction project to restore an island on the Mississippi River in Northeast Minneapolis is set to begin next month.
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Parishioners at the rain garden ceremony at Judson Memorial Baptist Church.

Church’s rain garden project empowers and educates all ages

Judson Memorial Baptist Church, a congregation on the southwest side of the MWMO watershed, recently installed three rain gardens — and started growing water stewards of all ages in the […]
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Restoration planned for Hall’s Island in Northeast Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - Plans to reshape the waterfront along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis will soon take a big step. Next month, construction begins on the restoration of Hall's Island in Northeast Minneapolis.
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Hall’s Island facelift brings new water access to NE Mpls.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board on Tuesday announced a $6.7 million construction project to restore Hall's Island starting next month.
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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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