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New signs at Hopkins’ Valley Park

  • Posted: January 22, 2019
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, Seasonal Highlights

Nine Mile Creek Interpretive Signs Staff recently installed updated signs at the kiosk in Valley Park in Hopkins. These signs describe the work that the […]

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Photo Calendars available

  • Posted: December 17, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, Seasonal Highlights

The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Photo Calendars are now available.  You can pick up your copy at Discovery Point, or city halls and libraries […]

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Is your plow service smart salt certified?

  • Posted: October 22, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, Events, Seasonal Highlights

Smart Salt Certification Contractors who manage snow and ice can learn practices to use salt effectively, while maintaining safe surfaces in the winter at free […]

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Little Seed Library

  • Posted: October 22, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, Seasonal Highlights

Do you have native flowers in your garden with lots of seeds? Or, would you like more native Minnesota flowers in your garden? Come check […]

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What’s blooming at Discovery Point?

  • Posted: July 30, 2018
  • Categories: Discovery Point, Seasonal Highlights

The restoration area and grounds are abuzz with color and pollinators right now. Stop over and enjoy the beauty of summer! Below are some of […]

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Planting for clean water

  • Posted: June 1, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, Events, Seasonal Highlights

On a hot day at the end of May, the kindergartners at Creek Valley Elementary gathered to plant native flowers for clean water. Watershed District […]

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Unveiling the new Watershed Sandbox!

  • Posted: April 27, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, Seasonal Highlights

Dig a lake! Build a dam! Move a mountain!  The new Watershed Sandbox is an interactive display that teaches about watersheds and topography.  People can […]

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Partner News: Middle School Students Solve for Runoff

  • Posted: April 24, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, News, Seasonal Highlights

A partnership between a school and the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District During a stormwater engineering unit at Maplewood Middle School, science teachers Sara Palchik […]

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Road Salt: Less is More

  • Posted: January 19, 2018
  • Categories: Announcements, News, Seasonal Highlights

Minnesota Water Stewards tackle oversalting Since August, a devoted volunteer group of trained Minnesota Water Stewards (Randy Holst, Joe Knaeble, Walter Levesque, and Louann Waddick) […]

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2017 Annual Communication Released

  • Posted: December 11, 2017
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, Seasonal Highlights

The 2017 Annual Communication highlights the District’s activities in the past year. You can pick up a printed copy at Discovery Point in Eden Prairie, […]

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Upcoming Events

May 2
Featured 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Valley Park Creek Cleanup

May 6
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Board Workshop

May 13
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Equity Workgroup Meeting

May 20
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Board Meeting

Aug 10
Featured 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Summer Project Tour 2026

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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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