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November 14, 2024
Request for Professional Services for 2025–2026
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) uses outside consultants to provide professional services in a number of areas, including but not limited to: Planning and Engineering, and Legal Services. Firms interested in providing services to the MWMO for 2025–26 should submit a...
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MWMO grants funds for 5 Northeast projects
Northeast is the beneficiary of five grants awarded recently by the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) for environmental work. These green infrastructure projects capture, treat and/or reuse stormwater runoff. Grants range from $3,000 to $550,000. All of these projects will begin this year.
Northeaster - May 3, 2019
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Restoring Native Landscape at Kasota Ponds
(…) Funding for the project came from a grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. All of this is part of the SAPCC’s work to create a native pollinator-friendly pond buffer that also assists in improving water quality.
Park Bugle - April 21, 2019
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Spring break starts out soggy for UMN area
Nick Busse, communications principal with the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, said localized flooding is often caused by plugged storm drains. The City of Minneapolis works to clear storm drains in order to avoid this kind of flooding.
The Minnesota Daily - March 23, 2019
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Watershed management training concludes
Dimapur, March 16 (EMN): A two-day training and workshop on “Hydro-meteorological monitoring and watershed management” concluded on March 16 at department of land resources’ resource centre, Ruzaphema, Dimapur. The training was organised by the land resources department in collaboration with University of Minnesota and Mississippi watershed management organisation, USA.
Eastern Mirror - March 17, 2019
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Collective efforts solve multiple issues, advance reuse
Within the US state of Minnesota's new Towerside Innovation District, a testing ground for experimental approaches to city planning, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization is at the helm of a unique approach to stormwater management that hinges on cooperation between neighbors.
Stormwater Management - Spring 2019
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Stevenson kindergarten students ‘save seeds’ for rain garden
On a mission to fight pollution, Stevenson kindergarten students kicked off a school-wide initiative as they ‘saved seeds’ on Jan. 11.
Fridley Sun Focus - Feb. 4, 2019
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Columbia Golf Course gets stormwater funds
The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) will begin to address flooding issues and water quality in Northeast Minneapolis, thanks to $800,000 from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR).
Northeaster - January 23, 2019
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Golf course upgrades meant to reduce pollution in Mississippi
A new project is meant to keep polluted water out of the Mississippi River, and reduce flooding in Northeast Minneapolis and Columbia Heights. The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has been awarded $800,000 from the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources...
KSTP - Jan. 2, 2019
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$800,000 Grant to Help Reduce Pollution in Northeast Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) announced today that it has been awarded $800,000 from the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR) to address water quality and flooding issues in Northeast Minneapolis.