Stewardship

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

July 14, 2022

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

Longfellow Community Council River Cleanup (partner event)

July 13, 2022

Longfellow Community Council river cleanup

Stream Health Evaluation Program starts its 16th year

by Sophie Downey

July 11, 2022

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. >>

Water Knowledge Network workshop with Plant-Grow-Share

July 6, 2022

Prairie planting at Wakáŋ Tipi/Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary [FULL]

June 22, 2022

Flowers blooming at Wakáŋ Tipi/Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

Courtney Cochran to lead art projects in Water Knowledge Network series

by Laura Mann Hill

June 15, 2022

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. >>

William H. Houlton Conservation Area

June 14, 2022

At the William H. Houlton Conservation Area — 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 over 150 acres of upland and floodplain forest at the confluence of the Elk and Mississippi rivers. >>