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Habitat restoration underway at Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park

  • December 27, 2018
  • Current Projects, Grass Lake, Invasive Species, Native Plants, News, Restoration

Winter update A major transformation is occurring this winter at the park as a contractor hired by Ramsey County clears invasive buckthorn and other brush. This […]

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Carp control expands to Owasso Chain

  • September 28, 2017
  • Carp, Current Projects, Invasive Species, News

Following recent success managing common carp in the Phalen Chain of Lakes, we are now setting our sights on the Lake Owasso system. With four […]

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Planting your Yard to Help Nature and Wildlife

  • August 22, 2016
  • Community, Invasive Species

By Carole Gernes, Ramsey Conservation District Avoid invasive species like Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Chinese Silver Grass)! It escapes from ornamental plantings and forms large clumps along […]

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June 2016 Rain Garden Maintenance Workshop

  • June 1, 2016
  • Community, Invasive Species, Native Plants

Small regrowth can be hard to identify! You put in a rain garden with (or without) cost-share funds and everything looked great last year. But this […]

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Battle Creek Buckthorn Project In Motion …

  • February 16, 2016
  • Invasive Species

  Crew stacks woody invasives in Battle Creek Regional Park Ramsey County has begun a multi-year, $288,000 project to clear out invasive species and restore […]

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Carp Talk – Keeping Tabs on Carp in the Phalen Chain

  • October 12, 2015
  • Carp, Invasive Species, Staff

Jordan Wein measures carp caught in Kohlman Lake box nets. Photo credit: Anita Jader By Bill BartodziejOver the last six years, we have made substantial […]

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Kristin Willette, Invasive Plant Patrol Volunteer with a Mission

  • August 12, 2015
  • Community, Invasive Species

By Sage Passi Kristin Willette walks a trail in Battle Creek Park on the hunt for targeted invasive plants.     I have my internal GPS system trained […]

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Wild Parsnip and its Look-Alike: Golden Alexander

  • June 25, 2015
  • Invasive Species

 by Carole Gernes, Ramsey Conservation District; CWMA Coordinator Wild Parsnip – A Minnesota Noxious Weed   Wild Parsnip leaves Ramsey County hopes to prevent invasive […]

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Mystery of the Month: Catch-Me-if-You-Can Grass

  • March 10, 2015
  • Invasive Species, Native Plants

Phragmites —Native or Not?   By Carole GernesWhat sly, new, invasive grass mimics its closest relative so well that it can slip under our radar […]

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Carp Research Wraps Up for the Holidays

  • December 18, 2014
  • Carp, Invasive Species, Water Quality

By: Bill Bartodziej The University of Minnesota research project on common carp in the Phalen Chain of Lakes is now complete. Key products from this […]

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