Publications

General BWSR info

BWSR Strategic Plan Mission statement: "Improve and protect Minnesota's Water and Soil Resources by working in partnership with local organizations and private landowners" Contents: Beliefs, Strategic Issues and Strategies, and Next Steps. (Updated January 25, 2012) - Read the BWSR Strategic Plan

BWSR Snapshots newsletter March 2013 (Contents: Northeast Minnesota flood recovery: Helping one family at a time; Rice Lake nutrient reduction and habitat improvement; From novice to professional: Conservation Corps apprenticeship leads to career position; Wetland Conservation Act enforcement summary; BWSR staff, board members participate in Environmental Congress) January 2013 (Contents: Senate committee recommends Napstad as BWSR Chair; Winkelman models conservation; Wetland conference; Cooperative partnership leads to new waterfowl production area; December 2012 (Contents:NE MN June 2012 Flood Success Story: Knife River Clean Water Fund Streambank Stabilization Project; 2012 BWSR Academy Summary; Flood Damage Recovery in Dakota, Goodhue and Rice Counties; Hydrology Monitoring of Wetland Restoration Sites Continues...) Snapshots Archives

 

Drainage

• 2008 Public Drainage Ditch Buffer Strip Reporting
• 2007 Public Drainage Ditch Buffer Strip Reporting
• Public Drainage Ditch Buffer Study

 

Native Vegetation

The BWSR native vegetation / seed mixes page contains fact sheets and publications on establishing native vegetation in restored wetlands and grasslands.

The following BWSR-produced publications have been updated or replaced, and are no longer available on the BWSR website: "Restoring & Managing Native Wetland & Upland Vegetation" by Rober L. Jacobson (January 2006) and "Native Vegetation in Restored and Created Wetlands" by Daniel B. Shaw (September 2000). Please contact the BWSR webmaster if would like a copy of either of these publications.

 

Outcomes

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and BWSR Report: Water-Quality and Biological Characteristics and Responses to Agricultural Land Retirement in Three Streams of the Minnesota River Basin, Water Years 2006–08

This project received funding from the Minnesota Environmental Trust Fund, as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). See the following documents related to this project (posted Sept. 24, 2008):

• Final Report (link to USGS website)
• Overview handout
• Summary of results
• Paper that was presented at the American Water Resources Association annual conference in 2008

 

Research

BWSR-Assisted Research Toward Conservation Outcomes -- summary of projects where BWSR collaborates with research institutions that are seeking to improve the environmental outcomes of conservation practices, especially those that protect and improve water quality.

 

Also See:

Legislative Updates Page Publications and Guidance Documents for local government units (See Partners pages) Water Management and Watershed Management (See Resource and Management Planning) Wetlands / Wetland Conservation Act (See Wetlands pages)