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December 02, 2024

Can Pickle Juice Save Our Roads and Waters? Exploring Brine Use in Winter Road Maintenance 

When winter grips Minnesota, icy roads pose serious safety risks. From car crashes to slowed commutes, slippery streets affect everyone’s safety and mobility. To combat slippery streets, road maintenance teams have historically relied on rock salt. While effective, this...

Towerside District Stormwater System main basin.

Glimpsing a New Model of Sustainable Urban Redevelopment

MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization has released a video highlighting a new sustainable, cost-effective approach to urban redevelopment.
August 23, 2017

MWMO News Release - August 23, 2017

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Michael Chaney of Project Sweetie Pie.

Urban agriculture spawns North Side enterprise

Story and photos courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Poet/activist Michael Chaney may best be known for the greening of North Minneapolis through Project Sweetie Pie, the urban agriculture and advocacy nonprofit […]
August 16, 2017
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MWMO and Barr Engineering staff collecting sediment samples in Old Bassett Creek Tunnel.

Uncovering the Condition of the Old Bassett Creek Tunnel

Beneath the streets of Minneapolis, an old stream bed winds its way through a stormtunnel from Bassett Creek, just west of downtown, all the way to the Mississippi River. Earlier […]
August 2, 2017
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Master Water Stewards installing a rain garden at an October 2015 event.

Looking for a few good neighbors to protect water quality

MINNEAPOLIS — All across the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area, neighbors are joining together to improve the health of water in their communities and beyond. By becoming trained and certified as Master Water Stewards, they have dreamed up, created and installed projects beyond what they thought possible.
July 26, 2017

MWMO News Release - July 26, 2017

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MWMO Newsletter – Summer 2017

The latest news and updates from the MWMO.
July 12, 2017

Email Newsletter - July 11, 2017

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Master Water Stewards stormwater project hits close to home

By Dayna Ball, Communications Intern Raised near the Mississippi River, Tessa Anttila has always had a great appreciation for water. Because of her Native American roots, she felt protective of […]
July 5, 2017
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Master Water Stewards program open for applications

The Freshwater Society partners with about 16 local government units on the program, including the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
July 5, 2017

Southwest Journal - July 5, 2017

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How a teacher used a rain garden to promote hands-on learning

Few teachers would tolerate students standing on their desks and shouting, much less encourage it. But for science teacher Yosefa Carriger, nothing is off the table if it will help […]
June 29, 2017
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NiceRide on the river: Kayak on the Mississippi for $20 through the Paddle Share program

There are currently two places where you can pick up a kayak: North Mississippi Regional Park and at the Lowry Avenue Bridge (there’s a station at the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization…
June 29, 2017

City Pages - June 29, 2017

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