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Within the confines of an urban stormwater system that drains to the Mississippi River, Shingle Creek WMC's Clean Water Fund-backed habitat and water quality work focuses on stretches within Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center

BWSR-backed water quality work that contributed to proposed removals from the state's impaired waters list in 2022 include projects led by Sherburne, Pope, Stearns County and Grant SWCDs, plus Middle St. Croix and Lower Mississippi River WMOs.

What began as a cost-saving experiment in no-till for Ed McNamara led to 25 years of fine-tuning practices to improve soil health, boost forage quality, maximize nutrients and improve water quality.

Crow Wing SWCD’s targeted watershed Clean Water Fund grant-supported work with Deerwood and Crosby helped to reverse a trend in declining water quality. Serpent Lake is twice as clear as it was 10 years ago, and phosphorus levels are down. The work also changed the way the SWCD approaches conservation and forged new partnerships.

Clean Water Funds from BWSR, backing from Red Lake Watershed District and Red Lake County support agricultural practices that stanch field erosion, focus on Lower Clearwater River

Two Central Minnesota lakes' removal from the state impaired waters list reflects the cumulative effects of rural conservation, Clean Water Fund-backed urban stormwater treatment

Landowner's work with NRCS, Lincoln SWCD and the Southwest Prairie TSA to curb field erosion advances watershed's water quality goals; EQIP assistance, Clean Water Funds, MPCA grant in play

Targeted Watershed Program Clean Water Fund grant-supported work includes 245-acre wetland restoration, partnerships involving U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Minnesota DNR and Pheasants Forever

Farmers are seeing the benefits of Clean Water Fund-backed conservation projects that mend gullies, slow runoff and reduce nutrient-loading to Perkins Lake. Federal assistance is also in play.