Teamwork and “autumn joy” – A winning combination
by Sage Passi Lesley Perg, a new Ramsey County Master Gardener, assisted students at Roseville Area Middle School (RAMS) rain garden this fall. We are […]
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Organic lawn care: Better turf without chemicals
Photo credit: CleanWaterMN Maintaining a healthy lawn doesn’t mean you have to douse it with chemical weed-killers and fertilizers that can cause harmful runoff. Just […]
District staffing changes in the air
The month of September marked a couple of big changes here at RWMWD. On Sept. 8, Administrative Secretary Carole Pastorius retired after 19 years. […]
Seeking Master Water Stewards-in-Training
Master Water Stewards identify examples of residential water practices during one of their classes. A Are you looking for an opportunity to get […]
Cherishing a Crown Jewel – Tamarack Nature Preserve
by Sage Passi Tamarack Nature Preserve, tucked between Valley Creek Road, Radio Drive and Bielenberg Drive in Woodbury, is one of the few remaining […]
The Final Stages of our Church Grant
By Paige Ahlborg Lakeview Lutheran Church was our first completed project through the Clean Water Land & Legacy Grant. In 2013, Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District received a community […]
School Retrofits: Allowing the Flow to Happen
By Sage Passi What’s the area of our driveway in front of Central Park? These students took on this math challenge to determine the drainage […]
Want to Get Off the Sidelines and Make Real Change?
Rachel Hanks, 2016 Master Water Steward, and Sarah Goodspeed, program facilitator, explore the plantings in Cross Lutheran Church’s rain garden across from Wakefield Lake in […]
A Watershed Educator’s Shipboard Experience, Part 2 – The Ship
By Tracy Leavenworth Last July I had the opportunity to travel aboard the EPA’s Lake Guardian with fourteen other educators as we teamed up with research […]
WaterFest 2017
Wilderness Voyager canoes travel between the Phalen Channel and Phalen Lake. WaterFest 2017, held on June 3rd at Lake Phalen in St. […]