Tag: MRGT

Mississippi River Green Team members working on the Urban Boatbuilders canoe.

Urban Boatbuilders Partnership Brings Canoe-Building to the MWMO

This summer, the MWMO is partnering with Urban Boatbuilders and East Side Neighborhood Services on a boat-building project here at our Stormwater Park and Learning Center. Over the course of […]

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Green Team Alumni Intern, Yengsoua Lee, out on the boat with the MWMO monitoring team.

From Mississippi River Green Team to MWMO intern: Yengsoua’s avenue to success

By Dayna Ball, Communications Intern This summer, the MWMO welcomed a Mississippi River Green Team alumni intern: Yengsoua Lee. After spending two years on the Mississippi River Green Team from […]

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A park ranger leading a group of paddlers on a canoe on the Mississippi River.

Mississippi River Green Team Alumni Find Environmental Jobs

For nearly 10 years, a group of Minneapolis teenagers have patrolled the watershed, working in Minneapolis parks to remove invasive plants, install native species, maintain rain gardens and engage in […]

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A Mississippi River Green Team member holds a dragonfly.

Catching Dragonflies with the Mississippi River Green Team

A typical day of a Mississippi River Green Team member consists of working in locations full of fearsome predators: dragonflies! Dragonflies are insects belonging to the order Odonata, meaning “toothed […]