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Eden Prairie Local News highlights South Fork improvement projects

  • Posted: July 18, 2025
  • Categories: Announcements, District News, News
Eden Prairie stretch of the South Fork
       July 12, 2025, photo by Jeff Strate

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. Check it out: https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/07/16/summer-secret-eden-prairies-most-beautiful-valley/

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Join us for the FINAL Stem on Tap of the season- this month the topic is- Drinking Water Sources, Treatment + Conservation Rick Wahlen, Utilities Operations Manager, City of Eden Prairie Joe Dusek, Water Treatment Plant Supervisor, City of Eden Prairie Wednesday, April 15th, 4:30-6:30pm | Eden Prairie Water Treatment Plant Not all drinking water sources are equal, and neither are treatment systems. Some are very simple and basic, while others are extraordinarily complex. You will have an opportunity to tour the plant and observe the robust treatment process as we learn how Eden Prairie protects the quantity and quality of its deep well drinking water. Since this month’s event will take place at a working, industrial facility, the “Tap” in “STEM on Tap” this month is the drinking water tap! No alcohol is allowed. Registar here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-stem-on-tap-drinking-water-sources-treatment-conservation-tickets-1985722360033?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for the FINAL Stem on Tap of the season- this month the topic is-
Drinking Water Sources, Treatment + Conservation

Rick Wahlen, Utilities Operations Manager, City of Eden Prairie
Joe Dusek, Water Treatment Plant Supervisor, City of Eden Prairie
Wednesday, April 15th, 4:30-6:30pm | Eden Prairie Water Treatment Plant

Not all drinking water sources are equal, and neither are treatment systems. Some are very simple and basic, while others are extraordinarily complex. You will have an opportunity to tour the plant and observe the robust treatment process as we learn how Eden Prairie protects the quantity and quality of its deep well drinking water.

Since this month’s event will take place at a working, industrial facility, the “Tap” in “STEM on Tap” this month is the drinking water tap! No alcohol is allowed.

Registar here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-stem-on-tap-drinking-water-sources-treatment-conservation-tickets-1985722360033?aff=oddtdtcreator ...

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Meet us at the Southdale YMCA on April 29th and learn more about Nine Mile Creek Watershed District. Some of the things you could learn: The work we do to protect and manage surface water across our communities. Education and volunteer opportunities Cost Share grants to help transform your yard or shoreline

Meet us at the Southdale YMCA
on April 29th and learn more about Nine Mile Creek Watershed District. Some of the things you could learn:

The work we do to protect and manage surface water across our communities.
Education and volunteer opportunities
Cost Share grants to help transform your yard or shoreline ...

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Apr 9

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Here is an opportunity to explore, discover and learn Earth Day week at the Ridgedale Library (12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN). We will be there from 11-2p with Sarah Nassif and her Weaving Water Workshop. Free of charge! Hope to see you there! Sarah J. Nassif, Artist @sarahjnassif #EarthDay

Here is an opportunity to explore, discover and learn
Earth Day week at the Ridgedale Library (12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN).

We will be there from 11-2p with Sarah Nassif and her Weaving Water Workshop.

Free of charge! Hope to see you there!

Sarah J. Nassif, Artist @sarahjnassif #EarthDay ...

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The birds are chirping and the flowers are beginning to bloom. It must be spring, and you know what that means....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/whats-happening/upcoming-events/valley-park-creek-cleanup/

The birds are chirping and the flowers are beginning to bloom. It must be spring, and you know what that means....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/whats-happening/upcoming-events/valley-park-creek-cleanup/ ...

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April fools! Nine Mile Creek isn't actually 9 miles long, it's closer to 15! It got that name from when settlers were trying to get to Fort Snelling: they knew they only had 9 more miles to go once they crossed the creek.

April fools! Nine Mile Creek isn`t actually 9 miles long, it`s closer to 15! It got that name from when settlers were trying to get to Fort Snelling: they knew they only had 9 more miles to go once they crossed the creek. ...

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We are hosting a Project WET training on Saturday April 18 from 8:30-3 at our office in Eden Prairie. You'll receive hands on training in the Project WET curriculum, get CEUs, and the curriculum to take back with you. For more information and to sign up: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/project-wet-training/

We are hosting a Project WET training on Saturday April 18 from 8:30-3 at our office in Eden Prairie. You`ll receive hands on training in the Project WET curriculum, get CEUs, and the curriculum to take back with you.

For more information and to sign up: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/project-wet-training/ ...

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March is Women's History Month. Nine Mile Creek Watershed District will highlight 4 women in Minnesota's history this month to honor the hard-working women in our state and the US. Nellie Francis pressed the limits of what an African American woman was permitted to achieve in early twentieth-century Minnesota. She was a churchwoman, clubwoman, suffragist, organizer, singer, civil rights worker, patriot, and wife to Minnesota’s first African American diplomat, William T. Francis. Learn more about her work at https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/francis-nellie-1874-1969. If the link doesn't, work go to the Minnesota Historical Society website and search "Nellie Francis".

March is Women`s History Month. Nine Mile Creek Watershed District will highlight 4 women in Minnesota`s history this month to honor the hard-working women in our state and the US.

Nellie Francis pressed the limits of what an African American woman was permitted to achieve in early twentieth-century Minnesota. She was a churchwoman, clubwoman, suffragist, organizer, singer, civil rights worker, patriot, and wife to Minnesota’s first African American diplomat, William T. Francis.

Learn more about her work at https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/francis-nellie-1874-1969. If the link doesn`t, work go to the Minnesota Historical Society website and search "Nellie Francis". ...

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Abha Panda is a Ph.D. candidate in Conservation Sciences at the University of Minnesota, where she studies how to restore native aquatic plant communities after invasive species management. She received her B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Michigan and has previously held research and communications roles related to water resources and environmental justice.

Abha Panda is a Ph.D. candidate in Conservation Sciences at the University of Minnesota, where she studies how to restore native aquatic plant communities after invasive species management. She received her B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Michigan and has previously held research and communications roles related to water resources and environmental justice. ...

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March is Women's History Month. Nine Mile Creek Watershed District will highlight 4 women in Minnesota's history this month to honor the hard-working women in our state and the US. When Dr. Martha Ripley and her family moved to Minneapolis in 1883, she had just completed medical training at Boston University School of Medicine. At forty-one, though, she was no newcomer to the medical profession. Learn more about her work at https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/ripley-martha-george-1843-1912. If the link doesn't, work go to the Minnesota Historical Society website and search "Dr. Martha Ripley".

March is Women`s History Month. Nine Mile Creek Watershed District will highlight 4 women in Minnesota`s history this month to honor the hard-working women in our state and the US.

When Dr. Martha Ripley and her family moved to Minneapolis in 1883, she had just completed medical training at Boston University School of Medicine. At forty-one, though, she was no newcomer to the medical profession.

Learn more about her work at https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/ripley-martha-george-1843-1912. If the link doesn`t, work go to the Minnesota Historical Society website and search "Dr. Martha Ripley". ...

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We are hosting a Project WET training on Saturday April 18 from 8:30-3 at our office in Eden Prairie. You'll receive hands on training in the Project WET curriculum, get CEUs, and the curriculum to take back with you. For more information and to sign up: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/project-wet-training/

We are hosting a Project WET training on Saturday April 18 from 8:30-3 at our office in Eden Prairie. You`ll receive hands on training in the Project WET curriculum, get CEUs, and the curriculum to take back with you.

For more information and to sign up: https://www.ninemilecreek.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/project-wet-training/ ...

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