Content Type: Blog Post

You might be aware of recent media reports about Minneapolis residents finding hidden caches of incendiary and flammable materials, such as gasoline stored in plastic water bottles, in their communities. […]

Last week, the MWMO partnered with Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) to plant our gravel-bed tree nursery with 75 tree saplings. These trees will spend the summer growing dense, […]

This year, once again, we at the MWMO are excited to update you on a slate of green infrastructure projects in our watershed. The MWMO and its partners will break […]

On April 22, 2020, the world will celebrate the 50th annual Earth Day. Since 1970, Earth Day has helped raise awareness and motivate people and governments to take action on […]

As we kick off a new year, we wanted to provide some updates on the Northern Columbia Golf Course Stormwater Project! In 2019, the project partners met with local neighborhood […]

One of our most persistent challenges at the MWMO is helping people understand the direct connection between themselves and the Mississippi River. Most Minnesotans care about clean water — at […]

Do you have a sidewalk covered in compacted snow and/or ice? If your shovel can’t quite do the job, try an ice chisel instead! Also known as an ice scraper […]

Frequent visitors to Downtown Minneapolis are all too familiar with the crunch of salt granules beneath their feet. Downtown sidewalks and plazas are often covered in ice-melt products all winter […]

One of our constant challenges here at the MWMO is to capture photos that properly convey how our projects transform landscapes. A newly planted rain garden or restored prairie often […]