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Here at the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, one of the most common questions we’re asked is, “How’s the water quality in the Mississippi River?” It’s an important question, and one […]

By Marcy Bean Our front yard at the MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center is home to a tree that I had always heard of, but had never seen up-close. […]

There is much to celebrate about the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden’s $10 million reconstruction. The project, which kicked off in a groundbreaking ceremony this week, will breathe new life into one […]

By Anna Johnson When my friends asked me to move from Washington, D.C., to Minneapolis to help start an environmental education nonprofit, I said yes. When my friend, turned coworker, […]

By Max Dalton At the MWMO, our focus is on water. And while clean water is a critically important issue, Earth Day reminds us that the environment is bigger than […]

In a few weeks, construction crews will break ground on a new stormwater treatment system along Fourth Street Southeast near the University of Minnesota. Known as “Green Fourth,” the project […]

By Marcy Bean Native prairie plants are beneficial for clean water and habitat, but they have the added virtue of being beautiful. We are lucky at the MWMO to have […]