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District office goes solar with 150-panel rooftop array

Our District office along Gervais Creek in Little Canada has been a demonstration site for environmentally beneficial practices since it was built in 2005. Now, we’re taking it a step further with a new rooftop solar array that will generate clean power for the building. Over the past… Read More

Construction around Grass Lake marks ongoing efforts to address high water

Roads and trails around Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park in Shoreview have seen construction activity ramp up as projects are underway to optimize drainage of high water in the area. Most notably, a reinforced earthen berm is being constructed along the northeast shoreline of Grass Lake. The project is designed to… Read More

Box nets and barriers help manage common carp on Owasso Chain

by Bill Bartodziej, natural resources specialist Our second season of common carp management on the Lake Owasso chain of lakes is well underway. Box-netting has successfully removed large numbers of adult carp, and strategically-placed barriers are preventing carp from reaching shallow spawning grounds this spring. This is part of… Read More

WaterFest 2018 Photos

Here are a few glimpses of WaterFest 2018, captured by Anita Jader. Held June 2nd at Lake Phalen, this year’s WaterFest was particularly wet, but that didn’t stop folks from having a great time both inside the pavilion and out by the lake. Special thanks goes out all of our… Read More

Willow Pond filtration system to clean up stormwater headed for Bennett Lake

We are currently working on the final design for a spent lime filter at Willow Pond designed to improve the water quality of nearby Bennett Lake. The City of Roseville will conduct final review and assist with community outreach before the project is put out to bid. A community… Read More

Spent lime filter to improve water quality in Wakefield Lake

by Chris O’Brien, communications coordinator If you’ve driven by the corner of Frost Avenue and Kennard Street in Maplewood recently, you may have seen excavators digging a giant hole in the ground. Believe it or not, this is all part of our plan to improve water quality a few… Read More

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 heavy rain, and construction should be completed this summer. It is one of several capital improvement projects designed to optimize drainage near Grass Lake… Read More

A solution for salt?

How a new law could reduce chloride pollution in Minnesota by Chris O’Brien, communications coordinator Excess salt applied to a Saint Paul school parking lot enters a storm drain where it will flow unfiltered through the Beltline Interceptor pipe to the Mississippi River. Spring is here, and while… Read More

The path to a virtual nature center at Tamarack Preserve

by Dana Boyle, Minnesota Master Naturalist Tamarack Nature Preserve in Woodbury features one of Minnesota’s southernmost tamarack swamps. The tamarack tree, or eastern larch, is native to North America and among the few species of conifer that loses its needles each winter. On a typical Wednesday morning in Woodbury,… Read More

Larry Swope joins Board of Managers

This month, we welcome Larry Swope to our Board of Managers. He is a Shoreview resident with a master’s degree in Industrial Systems from Ohio University. Larry retired in 2011 after more than 30 years working for 3M on chemical and industrial safety, product development, respiratory protection, marketing and… Read More