Tag: watershed

First-person view from a Paddle Share kayak, with downtown Minneapolis in the background.

Meet the Mississippi: Four Fun Ways to Experience the River this Summer

If you live in the Twin Cities and haven’t spent time up close and personal with the Mississippi River, you’re missing out. It’s hard to think of another major metro […]

News Release

The Mississippi River Gorge with fall colors.

MWMO Awards Funding to New Projects in Minneapolis and Columbia Heights

City of Columbia Heights and Seward Redesign Awarded Capital Project Grants (PDF Version) MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has awarded grant funding for two new projects designed […]

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An aerial view of the Mississippi River, with downtown Minneapolis in the background.

A Drone’s Eye View of the Watershed

Understanding landscapes is fundamental to our work at the MWMO. Having a clear picture of the land — its uses, its contours, its vegetation — helps us understand how water […]

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Screen shot from the "Watershed" music video.

Everything you need to know about chloride pollution, in the form of a music video

By day, Mark Pedelty, Tim Gustafson and Robert Poch are professors at the University of Minnesota. By night, the trio form The Hypoxic Punks, an environmentally conscious folk-punk band spreading […]