This searchable library contains stories from all of BWSR’s regular publications including Snapshots, Featured Plants, and Conservation Stories. Search by keyword, county, major watershed basin, publication date, funding source, or publication type. Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact Mary Juhl.

Note: Staff continue to populate this webpage with BWSR’s full catalog of stories. Check back regularly for new content.

Back hoe digging up ground for conservation

Stevens SWCD erosion fixes catching on in Pomme de Terre River watershed

Farmers are seeing benefits of Clean Water Fund-backed conservation projects that mend gullies, slow runoff, reduce nutrient-loading to Perkins Lake

Two men walking away from the camera in a soybean field

NRCS’ Mississippi River Basin Initiative in Chisago County improves water quality

Dedicated funds support farmers’ conservation work in the Chisago Lakes Chain of Lakes’ Green Lake watershed, where benefits flow from the St. Croix River to the Gulf of Mexico

Drone view of green landscape next to a water body.

Pickerel Lake focus, collaboration in the Shell Rock River Watershed District

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

Stream flowing through wooded area

Red Lake County SWCD projects save topsoil, improve river’s water quality

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

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Story Date
Story Title Video Link County Major Watershed Basin Funding Sources Publication Type
A dairy in transition (PDF) Douglas Minnesota River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Conservation Story
Three Rivers' Baker Park ravine work aids Lake Independence water quality (PDF) Hennepin Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Conservation Story
Hubbard SWCD grows into watershed approach (PDF) Cass, Hubbard Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund, Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
NRCS prescribed burns revive habitat (PDF) Grant Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Snapshot
Going underground: Guide for Subsurface Investigations (PDF) Olmsted Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Snapshot
MN CREP fits Minnesota River bottom (PDF) Nicollet Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) (PDF) Featured Plant
NRCS prescribed burns revive habitat (PDF) Freeborn, Grant, Otter Tail, Polk, Steele Statewide Federal Fund, Other Conservation Story
Lincoln County easements set standard (PDF) Lincoln Minnesota River Basin Bonding, Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Cover crops: A means to expand beef herd (PDF) Becker Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Snapshot
Tech Talks augment training (PDF) Statewide Statewide Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Snapshot
Weed-whacker: BWSR grant fuels Anoka County partnership (PDF) Anoka Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) (PDF) Featured Plant
Decade of ditch projects (PDF) Wilkin Red River of the North Basin Conservation Story
Whiskey Creek restoration (PDF) Wilkin Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Other Conservation Story
Becker County farm sees grazing, cover crops as way to expand cattle operation (PDF) Becker Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Other Conservation Story
Mille Lacs' circle of influence (PDF) Mille Lacs Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Conservation Story
Water quality is ditch fixes' No. 1 goal (PDF) Roseau Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Rum River gains RIM easement option (PDF) Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
The evolution of wetland restoration site assessments (PDF) Rice Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot