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
BWSR Board Tour 2015: On the ground in SE Minnesota (PDF) Goodhue, Rice Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Taking Action for Pheasants (PDF) Nicollet Minnesota River Basin Bonding Snapshot
Featured Plant: New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) (PDF) Featured Plant
Partnering for Minnesota’s environment (PDF) Statewide Statewide Snapshot
Clean water projects going the distance (PDF) Cook Great Lakes Basin, Rainy River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Targeting conservation in Rock County (PDF) Rock Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Blue Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) (PDF) Featured Plant
Outdoor Heritage Fund at Work in the Little Nokasippi Watershed (PDF) Crow Wing Upper Mississippi River Basin Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
Restoring Shingle Creek (PDF) Hennepin Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Taking Inventory of Minnesota Wetlands (PDF) Statewide Statewide Environment and Natural Resources Trust Snapshot
Featured Plant: Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) (PDF) Featured Plant
Combining forces for “Hands-on” Conservation Training (PDF) Sherburne, Steele Upper Mississippi River Basin Bonding Snapshot
A Team Approach to Land Use and Natural Resource Planning (PDF) Hennepin Upper Mississippi River Basin Other Snapshot
Biscay Work Benefits Residents, Crow River (PDF) Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
2015 BWSR Legislative Summary (PDF) Statewide Statewide Bonding, Clean Water Fund, Environment and Natural Resources Trust, Federal Fund, Other, Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
An Inside Look at Grants Administration (PDF) Statewide, Washington Statewide Bonding, Clean Water Fund, Environment and Natural Resources Trust, Federal Fund, Other, Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) (PDF) Featured Plant
Safeguarding drinking water: the Verdi Well Field Project (PDF) Lincoln, Pipestone Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin, Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Targeting Dobbins Creek (PDF) Mower Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Protecting Minnesota’s wild rice lakes (PDF) Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, St. Louis, Wadena Great Lakes Basin, Rainy River Basin, Red River of the North Basin, St. Croix River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot