Watershed specialist training featured by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Township supervisor Jerry Finch integrated knowledge gained in the Watershed Specialist course to inform monitoring of the impaired water in Plum Creek, leading to removal of Plum Creek from the MPCA's Impaired Waters list.
Photo credit: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Connecting landowners to shorelands
Cook County SWCD hosted a shoreland education workshop last summer. Participants planted a shoreline after a classroom session with Mary Blickenderfer (University of Minnesota Extension).
Focus resources for effect
Frances Gerde monitors water as part of Sherburne SWCD’s Targeted Monitoring Program to learn which tributaries contribute high nutrient loads, and to target areas for conservation work. Total P, ortho-P, total suspended solids, and flow are measured, so total load can be calculated.
Bugs Night Out
Saint Paul youth learn how macroinvertebrate sampling is used by water resource professionals to indicate lake health at Capitol Region Watershed District’s ‘Bugs Night Out’ event at Como Lake. CRWD staff organize events and support partner organizations to encourage water-friendly practices.
