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.
| Story Title | Video Link | County | Major Watershed Basin | Story Date | Funding Sources | Publication Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Featured Plant: Smooth Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum) (PDF) | Featured Plant | |||||
| Protecting Mississippi headwaters habitat (PDF) | Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Morrison | Great Lakes Basin, St. Croix River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin | Outdoor Heritage Fund | Snapshot | ||
| Saving forest cover, saving lakes (PDF) | Aitkin, Crow Wing | Upper Mississippi River Basin | Environment and Natural Resources Trust | Snapshot | ||
| Strip-till practice catches on as buffer alternative (PDF) | Mower, Rock | Lower Mississippi River Basin, Missouri River Basin | Other | Snapshot | ||
| School forest unites volunteers, watershed (PDF) | Hennepin | Upper Mississippi River Basin | Other | Snapshot | ||
| PRAP report shows increased compliance (PDF) | Statewide | Statewide | Other | Snapshot | ||
| Featured Plant: Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) (PDF) | Featured Plant | |||||
| St. Louis County's septic solutions (PDF) | St. Louis | Great Lakes Basin, Rainy River Basin | Clean Water Fund, Other | Snapshot | ||
| 'Our water is our diamond' (PDF) | Chisago | St. Croix River Basin | Clean Water Fund | Snapshot | ||
| Shaping new drainage solutions (PDF) | Polk | Red River of the North Basin | Clean Water Fund | Snapshot | ||
| Watershed-based funding spurs cooperation (PDF) | Yellow Medicine | Minnesota River Basin | Clean Water Fund | Snapshot | ||
| Crow Wing County leverages funds to cap unsealed wells (PDF) | Crow Wing | Upper Mississippi River Basin | Clean Water Fund | Snapshot | ||
| Featured Plant: Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) (PDF) | Featured Plant | |||||
| Mississippi River Basin Initiative feeds Chisago Chain of Lakes improvements (PDF) | Chisago | St. Croix River Basin | Federal Fund | Conservation Story | ||
| Our water is our diamond (PDF) | https://youtu.be/-f-1N2bzQxA | Chisago | St. Croix River Basin | Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund | Conservation Story | |
| Water, wildlife & waterfowl: Clearing up a popular Kandiyohi County lake (PDF) | Kandiyohi | Upper Mississippi River Basin | Clean Water Fund, Outdoor Heritage Fund | Conservation Story | ||
| Twisted creek, restored habitat (PDF) | https://youtu.be/Xsj6QoAgVCk | Olmsted | Lower Mississippi River Basin | Clean Water Fund, Outdoor Heritage Fund | Conservation Story | |
| Clean Water Funds let Stearns SWCD fix more out-of-compliance feedlots (PDF) | Stearns | Upper Mississippi River Basin | Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund | Conservation Story | ||
| AmeriCorps plays central role in controlling noxious weeds (PDF) | Fillmore, Houston | Lower Mississippi River Basin | Clean Water Fund | Conservation Story | ||
| Trout Habitat Helpers: Arresting Upland Erosion (PDF) | https://youtu.be/w6Ed0F3ah3o | Goodhue, Wabasha | Lower Mississippi River Basin | Clean Water Fund | Conservation Story |
