Road Salt: Less is More
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) […]
Celebrating Volunteers
Thanks to everyone who came to the State of the Waters event on December 13th, 2017. This is the second year that we have come […]
2017 Annual Communication Released
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, […]
Discovery Point Habitat Restoration continues
In the last week of November 2017, crews from Minnesota Native Landscapes cleared invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle from the southwestern quarter of Discovery Point grounds. […]
Erin Hunker appointed to Board of Managers
Five managers, appointed by Hennepin County Commissioners to three-year terms, direct the activities of the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District. The Board of Managers works […]
District receives Public Good Award
At its Annual Member Meeting and 80th Anniversary Celebration on October 8, 2017, the Bush Lake Chapter of the Izaak Walton League awarded the Nine […]
Nature Backpacks available at Discovery Point
Looking for something to do this fall? Rent one of our Nature Exploration Backpacks! These two nature backpacks are perfect ways to explore nature with […]
Becoming a Water Quality Hero
For Cole Williams, a move to the Mississippi River’s edge in Newport just south of South St. Paul several years ago both shocked and awakened […]
Halloween trick-or-treaters
Discovery Point will be open this Halloween for trick or treaters. Bring your ghouls and goblins down on Tuesday the 31st from 6:30 to […]
Getting Started in Organic Lawn Care
A healthy lawn doesn’t have to include loads of harmful chemicals. Just ask “Organic Bob” Dahm, one of Nine Mile Creek’s Minnesota Water Stewards, who […]