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Master Water Stewards standing next to cistern.

Friends Turn Stormwater Problem Into a Cistern Solution

Story and photos courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Where once rainwater pooled on a patio, now a series of gardens flourish at the T. Rex Coffee and Cookie Café on University […]
November 14, 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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May Lee with students.

Planting native seeds with a new generation

Master Gardener May Lee stands about a head taller than the third-graders at Farnsworth Elementary she is teaching to plant native seeds this March morning in east St. Paul. Clearly, […]
March 23, 2017
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Barb Spears and Teri Heyer

Tree-Huggers Unite: Protecting Urban Tree Canopies

(Story and photos courtesy cleanwatermn.org.) While the Twin Cities’ verdant tree canopy of summer, and golden version of fall are distant memories in these short winter days, now is the […]
February 21, 2017
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A group of English language learners study a mural at the Maplewood Mall.

Recent Immigrants Become Water Stewards

Images and story courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Adult students learning English at Harmony Learning Center in Maplewood, Minn. are becoming water stewards as they learn idioms and conjugate verbs. These […]
February 1, 2017
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Uptown Wedge resident Joe Knaeble.

The Iceman Cometh—Sidewalk Salt Pollutes Our Lakes and Streams

Images and story courtesy Clean Water Minnesota. Uptown Wedge resident Joe Knaeble is concerned with a problem that is mostly invisible: increasing levels of salt in groundwater due to its […]
January 13, 2017
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