Tag: video

A lawn mower directing grass clippings away from the street.

Healthy Lawns for Healthy Water

Our lawns and gardens are places for us to relax, and help connect us to the land, soils, and water at our homes. Turfgrass and lawns are particular in their […]
July 13, 2020
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Gravel-Bed Tree Nursery Video Cover

Video: Gravel-Bed Tree Nursery Planting with Friends of the Mississippi River

Last week, the MWMO partnered with Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) to plant our gravel-bed tree nursery with 75 tree saplings. These trees will spend the summer growing dense, […]
May 15, 2020
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Woman holding ice chisel with text reading "How to Remove Compacted Snow Without Salt."

Video: How to Remove Compacted Snow with an Ice Chisel

Do you have a sidewalk covered in compacted snow and/or ice? If your shovel can’t quite do the job, try an ice chisel instead! Also known as an ice scraper […]
January 6, 2020
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Master Water Stewards and community volunteers stenciling a storm drain.

Master Water Stewards program develops community leaders for clean water

Master Water Stewards Sam Talbot and Marilyn Jones recently took advantage of a National Night Out get-together in the Seward neighborhood in south Minneapolis to engage and educate the community […]
September 25, 2017
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Towerside District Stormwater System main basin.

Glimpsing a New Model of Sustainable Urban Redevelopment

MINNEAPOLIS β€” 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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Abdikadir Mohamed Adan, aka "Macalin Xiito"

A Somali Leader Speaks Out for Clean Water

Video can be a powerful educational tool, and the MWMO is no stranger to producing videos about protecting water quality. But this year, our most interesting and impactful video project […]
December 27, 2016
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A rain garden in front of the East Side Storage and Maintenance Facility.

Watch Volunteers Build a Rain Garden in 79 Seconds

’Tis the season for building rain gardens β€” those bowl-shaped landscape features filled with native plants that help stormwater runoff soak into the ground. Rain gardens are an increasingly popular […]
June 30, 2016
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A misty river scene.

What I Learned from Paddling the Entire Mississippi River

By Anna Johnson When my friends asked me to move from Washington, D.C., to Minneapolis to help start an environmental education nonprofit, I said yes. When my friend, turned coworker, […]
April 26, 2016
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