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MWMO Announces $2.1 Million in Grant Awards

New Green Infrastructure Projects Planned for Fridley and Minneapolis (PDF Version) MINNEAPOLIS — A slate of new MWMO grant awards will fund a...

A fiber art work produced for the Putting Down Roots project.
April 4, 2016

Putting Down Roots: Supporting Clean Water Through Community Art

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A broom being used to sweep leaves off of a stormdrain.
March 28, 2016

Four Spring Cleaning Tips for Protecting Clean Water

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The new MWMO website, displayed on a smartphone and a laptop screen.
March 28, 2016

A New Website for a New MWMO

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MWMO staff conducting bathymetric mapping in 2016.
March 5, 2016

Mapping the Changing Ecology of the Mississippi River

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February 5, 2016

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 […]
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January 26, 2016

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 […]
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January 4, 2016

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.
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November 13, 2015

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.
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October 31, 2015

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 […]
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