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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…
City Pages - June 29, 2017
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From Mississippi River Green Team to MWMO intern: Yengsoua’s avenue to success
By Dayna Ball, Communications Intern This summer, the MWMO welcomed a Mississippi River Green Team alumni intern: Yengsoua Lee. After spending two years on the Mississippi River Green Team from […]
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Sustainability Drove Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Redesign
“We’re trying to manage water where it lands,” says Marcy Bean, of the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, which provided $1.5 million for the water reuse system.
Walker Reader - June 27, 2017
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How big is your stormwater reuse tank?
At the MWMO, we partner with organizations to build a variety of infrastructure to manage stormwater. We often utilize above-ground green infrastructure as a visible way to clean the stormwater, […]
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Transition Habitats make their debut at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
If you’ve visited the newly reopened Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, you might have noticed a bright pink mailbox with an attached wildflower bed at the garden’s north end. Indeed, this eye-catching […]
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Some new work in the Sculpture Garden is truly deep
...The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, which works with seven metro cities on water-quality issues, gave a $1.5 million grant for the irrigation system. Executive director Doug Snyder said the initiative fits well with his organization's work to improve the quality and reduce the quantity of storm runoff that ends up in the Mississippi.
Minnesota Public Radio News - June 21, 2017
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After ‘Scaffold’ Controversy, All Eyes on the Walker as Its Sculpture Garden Is Set to Reopen
[T]he landscaping team, working with the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, has created three lawn-like “islands,” slightly raised areas for displaying sculpture, surrounded by a sea of tall grasses...
Artnet News - June 9, 2017
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In Photos: Monitoring Water Quality with the MWMO
By Dayna Ball, Communications Intern The MWMO monitoring team works throughout the year — through rain, heat and freezing Minnesota winters — to work toward improving water quality in the watershed. […]
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After ‘Scaffold’ controversy, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to reopen this weekend
(...) They also received an additional $1.5 million grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization for innovative stormwater management systems in the project.