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Penn Lake: Recreational Water Advisory Issued

  • Posted: July 28, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News

Updated: July 28, 2025 To view a list of all the lakes with HAB advisories, visit: HAB Announcements Penn Lake: Recreational Water Advisory Issued WARNING- The […]

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Survey for water management plan is now closed.

  • Posted: July 23, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, Seasonal Highlights

Share your ideas The survey is now closed. We will publish the results of the survey on our Water Management Plan Update page on November […]

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Eden Prairie Local News highlights South Fork improvement projects

  • Posted: July 18, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, News

Eden Prairie Local News reporter Jeff Strate wrote a nice article on the progress he noticed on the Eden Prairie stretch of the South Fork. […]

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Lake Holiday: Recreational Water Advisory Issued

  • Posted: July 16, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News

Updated: July 28, 2025 To view a list of all the lakes with HAB advisories, visit: HAB Announcements Lake Holiday: Recreational Water Advisory Update WARNING- The […]

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Arrowhead Lake: Recreational Water Advisory Lifted

  • Posted: July 16, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News

Arrowhead Lake: Recreational Water Advisory Lifted Updated: July 28, 2025 To view a list of all the lakes with HAB advisories, visit: HAB Announcements The water […]

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Lake Cornelia: Cyanotoxin Advisory Issued

  • Posted: June 19, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News

Updated: August 11, 2025 To view a list of all the lakes with HAB advisories, visit: HAB Announcements Lake Cornelia: Cyanotoxin Advisory WARNING- The public should […]

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Public Hearing Comment Period Extended

  • Posted: June 19, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News

Update (June 19, 2025) The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Board of Managers will receive any additional comments on either the Mirror Lake Water Quality […]

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Welcome Carrie!

  • Posted: June 13, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, Discovery Point, District News

Welcome Carrie! Carrie Bush joins NMCWD with years of experience in creative leadership and community engagement. She is a passionate storyteller dedicated to amplifying the […]

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Welcome Emma!

  • Posted: June 11, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, Discovery Point, District News, Seasonal Highlights

The District is excited to welcome Emma Gross as our new Summer Field Intern! Emma will be working mainly on permit inspections and fisheries/water resource […]

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Board Meeting Schedule Revision

  • Posted: May 30, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News

Board Meetings are now starting at 5:30pm Please see the attached schedule for future changes. 2025 Board Meeting Schedule_revised

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May 6
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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May 13
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Equity Workgroup Meeting

May 20
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Featured 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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SEASONAL TIP: Pick up dog poop and throw it in the trash. Some may think it's natural, but the bacteria inside can hurt our creeks and lakes.

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Apr 30

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Your Spring cleaning indoors can wait! Help us clean up around Nine Mile Creek this Saturday May 2nd from 1-3p!

Your Spring cleaning indoors can wait! Help us clean up around Nine Mile Creek this Saturday May 2nd from 1-3p! ...

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Apr 29

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Blood Root!

Blood Root! ...

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Apr 24

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We are starting up our soil testing program again this spring! Any property within the watershed boundaries can submit a soil sample, and we will take it to the UMN Soil Testing Lab. The watershed district will pay the testing fee, but only if you sign up and drop your sample off at our office--we are not reimbursing people for tests.
Go to our website to sign up and submit a soil sample: ninemilecreek.org/soil-testing

We are starting up our soil testing program again this spring! Any property within the watershed boundaries can submit a soil sample, and we will take it to the UMN Soil Testing Lab. The watershed district will pay the testing fee, but only if you sign up and drop your sample off at our office--we are not reimbursing people for tests.
Go to our website to sign up and submit a soil sample: ninemilecreek.org/soil-testing
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Apr 23

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There's still time to register for our trash cleanup on May 2 at Hopkins Valley Park! Since this is near the headwaters, our work protects the entirety of the creek downstream from getting as polluted. 
This event is a partnership with the City of Hopkins and Hopkins PD.

There`s still time to register for our trash cleanup on May 2 at Hopkins Valley Park! Since this is near the headwaters, our work protects the entirety of the creek downstream from getting as polluted.
This event is a partnership with the City of Hopkins and Hopkins PD.
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Apr 22

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Happy Earth Day! Despite all the challenges our planet faces, we take hope in the fact that there are so many advocates fighting for a healthy Earth. We are grateful for each and every one of you.

It's the only planet we've got, and we're all on it together. 🌎

📷: Ryan G

Happy Earth Day! Despite all the challenges our planet faces, we take hope in the fact that there are so many advocates fighting for a healthy Earth. We are grateful for each and every one of you.

It`s the only planet we`ve got, and we`re all on it together. 🌎

📷: Ryan G
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Apr 21

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For Volunteer Appreciation Week, we're highlighting our Adopt a Creek program. Now with more sections of various lengths, this program allows you to choose a section of Nine Mile Creek to clean trash out of. It also shows you which sections have been claimed and which are still available. 

You can visit your section on your own time; we also have equipment you can borrow, like work gloves and trash grabbers.

Find out more at https://www.ninemilecreek.org/adopt-a-creek/

For Volunteer Appreciation Week, we`re highlighting our Adopt a Creek program. Now with more sections of various lengths, this program allows you to choose a section of Nine Mile Creek to clean trash out of. It also shows you which sections have been claimed and which are still available.

You can visit your section on your own time; we also have equipment you can borrow, like work gloves and trash grabbers.

Find out more at https://www.ninemilecreek.org/adopt-a-creek/
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Apr 20

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It's Volunteer Appreciation Week, and our volunteers are definitely worthy of appreciation! From cleaning up trash to staffing booths at community events, our volunteers are the best! 

If you want to volunteer, join us at the annual Valley Park trash clean up in Hopkins on Saturday May 2 from 1-3PM. Learn more here: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/event/valley-park-creek-cleanup/

It`s Volunteer Appreciation Week, and our volunteers are definitely worthy of appreciation! From cleaning up trash to staffing booths at community events, our volunteers are the best!

If you want to volunteer, join us at the annual Valley Park trash clean up in Hopkins on Saturday May 2 from 1-3PM. Learn more here: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/event/valley-park-creek-cleanup/
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Apr 17

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"Spring is finally here in Minnesota. Dark nights are giving way to longer days and slushy snowscapes yield to grounds budded with green. And with it comes the urge to get out in the garden. But wait! Hold off on the yard cleanup just yet. Many pollinators are still overwintering in last year’s plant material. As we gear up for the growing season, we talked with several Blue Thumb partners about the when and how of pollinator-friendly spring yard care." - read more at https://bluethumb.org/pollinator-friendly-spring-gardening/

"Spring is finally here in Minnesota. Dark nights are giving way to longer days and slushy snowscapes yield to grounds budded with green. And with it comes the urge to get out in the garden. But wait! Hold off on the yard cleanup just yet. Many pollinators are still overwintering in last year’s plant material. As we gear up for the growing season, we talked with several Blue Thumb partners about the when and how of pollinator-friendly spring yard care." - read more at https://bluethumb.org/pollinator-friendly-spring-gardening/ ...

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Apr 16

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Join us as we explore our spring ephemerals at Discovery Point!

Can you find some of these in your neighborhood?

Join us as we explore our spring ephemerals at Discovery Point!

Can you find some of these in your neighborhood?
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Apr 14

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Spring clean up is here!
Join us on May 2, 2026 from 1-3p at Valley Park in Hopkins for a trash clean.

More information and sign up here: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/.../valley-park-creek-cleanup/

Spring clean up is here!
Join us on May 2, 2026 from 1-3p at Valley Park in Hopkins for a trash clean.

More information and sign up here: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/.../valley-park-creek-cleanup/
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