Greening the Big Box 

Greening the Big Box Project Description & Outcomes This project involved multiple components including an iron enhanced sand filter, tree trenches, and a raingarden/drainage swale. The project was completed in…

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Bixby Park Water Quality Project 

Bixby Park Water Quality Project Project Description & Outcomes This project restored a ditched wetland that receives stormwater runoff from the City of Forest Lake and treats water before flowing…

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Hilo Lane Stormwater Retrofit

Hilo Lane Stormwater Retrofit Project Description & Outcomes This iron enhanced sand filter project filters runoff from a 14-acre developed residential area, resulting in improved water quality in Forest Lake.…

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Forest Lake Wetland Treatment Basin

Forest Lake Wetland Treatment Basin Project Description & Outcomes This project restored a degraded wetland adjacent to Forest Lake’s east basin (“3rd Lake”) and is also referred to as the…

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School Lake Agricultural Practices

School Lake Agricultural Practices Project Description & Outcomes This project will implement cover crops and livestock waste management practices on a farm/feedlot in southern Chisago County. Practices include: cover crops,…

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East Comfort Pond Project

East Comfort Pond Project Project Description & Outcomes This project will cleanout and expand an existing stormwater pond.  It will capture and remove phosphorous from an adjacent 8-acre developed residential…

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Heath Iron Enhanced Sand Filter

Heath Iron Enhanced Sand Filter Project Description & Outcomes The Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District will construct an iron enhanced sand filter project on District-owned land in order to achieve…

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