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Quality water for quality life.

Current Projects

Learn about work underway in the watershed to address runoff pollution, manage flood risk, maintain stormwater infrastructure, restore natural habitat and more.
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Watershed Education

Wondering how you can protect water resources in your community? We offer many opportunities for adults and young people to participate in hands-on learning activities in the classroom and out in the field.
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About Us

Serving the metro since 1975

We work to preserve and improve water resources and related ecosystems in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Partnering with the 12 cities in our district, we manage about 65 square miles that eventually drain into the Mississippi River, including 20 lakes, five streams and over 1,000 wetlands.
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Featured Project

Keller Golf Course

Ecological restoration work on Maplewood’s Keller Golf Course earned Project of the Year honors from the Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts at the organization’s annual meeting this past December. Our 15-year partnership with Course Superintendent Paul Diegnau has created substantial urban wildlife habitat on this Ramsey County course while protecting the Phalen Chain of Lakes from runoff.
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How do we manage shallow lakes?

Read about our efforts to improve water quality on Kohlman Lake in the article,
"A Minnesota Story: Urban Shallow Lake Management," published in
LakeLine magazine by the North American Lake Management Society.
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Recent News

Grass Lake berm construction underway

Construction is underway on a permanent reinforced berm along the northern shoreline of Grass Lake. The berm will help contain high water during periods of […]

A solution for salt?

How a new law could reduce chloride pollution in Minnesota by Chris O’Brien, communications coordinator Spring is here, and while ice and snow may soon […]

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  • Little Canada, MN 55117
  • P: 651-792-7950
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