News
Snail Lake Regional Park Wetland Buffer Gets A Make-Over
By: Sage Passi Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District has a long-standing tradition of engaging youth in the restoration projects that we have been implementing…
Bridging Connections – Lake Phalen Stormwater Mural
Artists Liv Novotny and Violeta Rotstein paint community inspirations about water on a bridge mural next to Lake Phalen. The next time you are in…
RWMWD Adopts Alternative Landscaping Equipment
Ever think about how gas-powered landscaping equipment — string trimmers, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, chain saws, and pole saws — impact air quality?…
Flood Awareness
Safety Tips & Information Related to Localized Flooding Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District Throughout our watershed; ponds, wetlands, lakes,…
Habitat restoration underway at Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park
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…
Stewardship Grants Program caps off successful year; exciting projects in store for 2019
One of our core goals is to empower communities to become partners in improving the watershed through their own efforts. Each year since 2006, we…
Meet our new Master Water Stewards
by Sage Passi We’d like to introduce and welcome our six new Master Water Stewards for 2018-19. It’s exciting to have these community leaders…
Local stewardship efforts celebrated with 2018 LEAP Awards
This year’s Landscape Ecology Awards Program (LEAP) recognized four homes in Saint Paul and Maplewood for exceptional landscaping practices that benefit water quality and natural…
Excellence Awards recognize important partners in watershed conservation
During our annual recognition dinner held Nov. 14 at Keller Golf Course in Maplewood, we awarded several conservation partners who have made significant positive impacts…
Engineers look into high water on Twin Lake in Little Canada
We are currently working with the City of Little Canada to investigate high water levels on Twin Lake and assess the…