Tag: habitat

A Monarch butterfly on purple coneflower.

Three Ways You Can Help Protect Pollinators at Home this Spring

To the casual observer, a garden in early spring might not look too impressive: bunches of dead plant stalks bent over a soggy mat of fallen leaves. But there’s a […]
April 12, 2023
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Aerial view of the shoreline at Upper Harbor Terminal.

MWMO Awards $2.6 Million for Restoration at Upper Harbor Terminal

Funding Marks First of Several Anticipated MWMO Grants for Stormwater and Habitat Improvements at the Site (PDF Version) MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) announced today that it […]
July 20, 2022
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Woodland area at Columbia Golf Course.

UPDATE: Controlled Burns at Columbia Golf Course, Columbia Park this Week

As part of the Northern Columbia Golf Course and Park Stormwater BMPs project, contractors are conducting controlled burns today in woodland areas of Columbia Park and Columbia Golf Course. Visitors may smell or see smoke from […]
November 23, 2021
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An aerial view of Hall's Island in November 2017.

Rebuilding Hall’s Island to improve habitat and ecology along the Mississippi River

It’s not every day you get to watch an island being built in the middle of a city. But that’s what we did over the winter here at the MWMO. […]
February 28, 2018
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A Monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed

Plant of the Month: Milkweed

By Marcy Bean You’ve probably heard the buzz about planting plants that are good for pollinators. Milkweed plants are important because they provide nectar and food for larva of a […]
June 29, 2016
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A bee collecting pollen from a flower.

Gardening for Pollinators: Six Questions for Heather Holm

Pollinators are in the news — partly because it’s National Pollinator Week, but more importantly because whole populations of bee and butterfly species are in decline. Our food chain depends […]
June 23, 2016
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