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December 31, 2024

MWMO Newsletter — December 2024 — Watershed Wrapped Edition 🤝💧

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A fiber art work produced for the Putting Down Roots project.

Putting Down Roots: Supporting Clean Water Through Community Art

By Michaela Neu Being that our Stormwater Park and Learning Center sits in the arts district of Minneapolis, it was probably only a matter of time before we found our way into the local […]
April 4, 2016
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A broom being used to sweep leaves off of a storm drain.

Four Spring Cleaning Tips for Protecting Clean Water

Spring may be the season for rejuvenation, but it’s also a time for dirty work. Chances are you’ll spend the first nice weekend of the year scrubbing a winter’s worth […]
March 28, 2016
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The new MWMO website, displayed on a smartphone and a laptop screen.

A New Website for a New MWMO

Welcome to our new website! If you’re a returning visitor, don’t be alarmed. You might be asking questions like: What happened to all those soothing, empty white spaces? The whimsical, maze-like […]
March 28, 2016
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MWMO staff conducting bathymetric mapping in 2016.

Mapping the Changing Ecology of the Mississippi River

The closure of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in June 2015 marked the end of an era for the Mississippi River — and the beginning of a […]
March 5, 2016
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This Week’s Four Must-See Art Shows

Aaron Dysart takes ice sculpturing to a whole new level with Watershed. Using data collected from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, Dysart has crafted a 3-D scale model replica of […]
February 5, 2016

City Pages - Feb. 4, 2016

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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to grow with 16 works from Walker Art Center

Its grounds and pathways will be reconfigured, new trees and shrubs planted and water management systems upgraded (…) with funding from the state of Minnesota and the Mississippi Watershed Management […]
January 26, 2016

Star Tribune - Jan. 26, 2016

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Study to review effects of retiring a stretch of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis

The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, based on the northeast riverfront, the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, are cooperating in the work.
January 4, 2016

Star Tribune - Jan. 4, 2016

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Stormwater project will protect Roseville’s Lake McCarrons

St. Anthony, the Mississippi Water Management Organization, Minneapolis, St. Anthony and Hennepin County are collaborating to construct a $1.6 million underground stormwater treatment and research facility. It will treat 169 million gallons of runoff annually, removing 39 tons of sediment.
November 13, 2015

Star Tribune - Nov. 13, 2015

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On the bleak side of Prospect Park, a transformation nears turning point

The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has been a part of a committee analyzing the potential for a district system, which it plans to test on the same two blocks […]
October 31, 2015

Star Tribune - Oct. 31, 2015

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