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MWMO Newsletter — December 2024 — Watershed Wrapped Edition 🤝💧

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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. 
April 21, 2019

Park Bugle - April 21, 2019

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The downtown Minneapolis skyline, as seen from the Stone Arch Bridge. (Credit: Nick Busse)

Using Science and Engineering to Clean Up Downtown Minneapolis’ Dirty Stormwater Runoff

It’s spring, one of our dirtiest times of year in the stormwater management world. It’s the time when all that trash and pollution that gathered on the landscape and got […]
April 10, 2019
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A rendering of the planned landscape at NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center.

Breaking Ground on New Green Infrastructure Projects in the Watershed

Here at the MWMO, the vast majority of our annual budget goes toward green infrastructure projects — landscape features that capture, treat and/or reuse stormwater runoff. This is the time […]
April 5, 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.
March 25, 2019

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.
March 17, 2019

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.
March 12, 2019

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.
February 5, 2019

Fridley Sun Focus - Feb. 4, 2019

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City of Fridley snow plow trucks in a garage.

Upgraded Snow-Fighting Equipment Helps Fridley Reduce Water Pollution

This month, the City of Fridley began deploying a fleet of upgraded snow plow trucks that will do a better job of keeping ice off the roads while also reducing […]
January 23, 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).
January 23, 2019

Northeaster - January 23, 2019

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