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Updated 4/6/2021 Stay up to date on all the volunteer opportunities with the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District: subscribe to our Volunteer Updates e-newsletter! This […]
Discovery Point Restoration Work Begins
Buckthorn Removed from Discovery Point A section of land at Discovery Point looks dramatically different after the understory was removed on February 7th. It may […]
District Awarded Clean Water Fund Grant
Accelerated Implementation Grant Awarded to Nine Mile Creek The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District is happy to announce that a project to target stormwater best […]
The Iceman Cometh
Minnesota Water Steward Joe Knaeble is concerned with a problem that is mostly invisible: increasing levels of salt in groundwater due to the overuse of […]
Seeking Citizen Advisors
Seeking Citizen Advisors for the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District is accepting applications to fill up to two positions […]
Annual Communication Released
2016 Annual Communication Released The 2016 Annual Communication highlights the District’s activities in the past year. This year, the Annual Communication was part of our […]
Putting Down Roots Exhibit has Moved
Thank you to all of you who helped create “Putting Down Roots”! It was a fantastic community created exhibit that showed how long-rooted native plants […]
Winter Sowing Native Seeds
Many Minnesota native wildflowers need extra help to sprout in the spring. Some need cold, wet conditions in order to break the seed coat. This […]
Buckthorn Bust kicks off Discovery Point Restoration
Discovery Point Buckthorn Bust What happened to the forest? On Saturday, October 29th, over 20 volunteers from Barr Engineering Company came to Discovery Point to remove […]
Cistern Winter Prep
In preparation for the colder weather, we recently winterized the cistern at Discovery Point. The cistern collects runoff from about 1/3 of the roof and […]