Fixing Minnesota’s Water Issues One Drop At A Time
You’ve probably read the recent Star Tribune commentary co-written by our Executive Director, Paul Austin. The op-ed discusses the need for a comprehensive approach to fixing our statewide water...
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A Hole-in-One Restoration Project
In my post last month I discussed my plan to profile local solutions to fix our state’s water problems. And, I’ll focus on the East metro, since that’s the area I work in. The first project I will...
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Maplewood’s Unlikely Conservation Hero: The Mall
When I envision writing my Conservation Minnesota blog posts each month, I’m not likely to consider writing about a shopping mall. Don’t get me wrong – I have nothing against shopping. However,...
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What’s Your Story?
For those of you who have been following my posts, you know that I have been writing about water conservation in the East Metro for the past few months. Well, this month I will be making a slight...
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Nitrogen and Buckthorn? Yes, they’re related issues.
Prairie planting site in the South Washington Conservation Corridor, Woodbury – by Julie Drennen For those of you who aren’t familiar with buckthorn, it’s an invasive tree (some consider it to be a...
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Lumberjack Conservationists Succeed at Low Waste
I am always amazed at how passionate people are about conservation and at the power of volunteering for accomplishing a lot. Every year in the city of Stillwater there is the Lumberjack Days Festival....
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Leaf Me Alone about My Yard
Are you familiar with the Next Door app for your phone? It’s the neighborhood connection application that allows you to post important area-specific updates or requests for household items or services....
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Minnesota’s New Year’s Resolution: more renewable energy
As this year comes to a close and we welcome 2018, I’ve been reflecting on our conservation goals for Minnesota. I’m sure that’s what everyone thinks about while sipping eggnog by the fire, right?...
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Lights-Free Landfills, Please
In dealing with the post-holiday clean-up and getting our lives back in order, many of us are now wondering what to do with our broken or unwanted holiday lights. If you have read my previous blogs,...
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