Stewardship

Stewardship
ESI guest post: A look at Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)

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This is a guest post from 2022 Environmental Stewardship Institute (ESI) fellow Amani Armstrong-Morrow who researched the impacts of purple loosestrife, an invasive plant here in Minnesota, and offered solutions for slowing its spread. Read more
Stream Health Evaluation Program starts its 16th year

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Dedicated volunteers have been monitoring stream health in the Rice Creek Watershed District since 2006. Their findings, presented to decision-makers each year, help determine the watershed's future and shape policy to protect streams. Find out more and consider joining us as we get ready for the 2022 season.  >>

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Courtney Cochran to lead art projects in Water Knowledge Network series

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Anishinaabe Artist, filmmaker and community organizer Courtney Cochran will create water-based art with youth and adult participants in our Water Knowledge Network workshop series in Minneapolis this summer.  >>

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William H. Houlton Conservation Area

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At one of the largest undeveloped riverfront properties in the metro, we're restoring 160 acres of soybean field and grazed grasslands into prairie and oak savanna, plus stewarding 150+ acres of upland and floodplain forest in Elk River. Read more
Blooming flowers and grasses

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Upcoming Events

Sign up in January; Compete throughout February 2026
Hennepin, Ramsey & Washington counties
This school year
In your classroom or outside
Saturday, June 6, 2026 - 7:30am
Along the river in St. Paul