Posts Tagged ‘Educational’
Improve Your Soil
Healthy soil is important for growing strong, resilient, and tough plants that can handle our wacky Minnesota growing conditions. Whether you are starting a new flower garden or trying to…
Read MoreRain Barrels 101
Rain barrels harvest rainwater from roofs and other structures that can then be used to water gardens, lawns, and potted plants. Installing a rain barrel is an excellent way to…
Read MoreNative Minnesota Fruit Trees
Growing fruit trees and shrubs in Minnesota can be tricky with such a short growing season. The answer to that dilemma: grow native fruit trees and shrubs! Learn about the…
Read MoreShoreline Ice Ridge Informational Workshop
Event Flyer Open Meeting Notice Did the ice push up a ridge along your shoreline? What can you do about it? Are permits required to repair the damage? Are there…
Read MoreWatershed Connections: The Alum Treatment Impacts on Forest Lake
Dr. Wilkinson is a civil engineer and limnologist at EOR where she applies her expertise in watershed engineering, primarily focused on lake and stream water quality and ecology. She will…
Read MoreIce Ridges
We have been hearing about, and seeing, ice jacking along the shorelines of Forest Lake and other area lakes. If you are interested in having staff do a site visit…
Read MoreWatershed Connections: Changing Climate Trends and Local Impacts
Kenny Blumenfeld is a Minnesota DNR climatologist who has been fascinated by storms and weather extremes his whole life, and who enjoys helping Minnesotans understand their weather and climate. He…
Read MoreWatershed Connections: Carp Management for Water Quality
Event Flyer Open Meeting Notice The ecological effects of carp on the environments which they invade are negative and numerous. They can include decreased native aquatic vegetation, increased turbidity, increased…
Read More2024 Winter Newsletter
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Read MoreNative Plants for Lousy Soils
Do you have that patch of lousy soil where nothing seems to grow very well? There are plenty of tough Minnesota native plants that will not thrive in sketchy soil…
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