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
Total stormwater treatment in the City of Kimball (PDF) Stearns Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Underground project irrigates ballfield, protects Lake McCarrons (PDF) Ramsey Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Conservation Story
Featured Plant: Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) (PDF) Featured Plant
Underground project irrigates ballfield, protects Lake McCarrons (PDF) Ramsey Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Board Tour 2017: Kandiyohi County, Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District, and Grass Lake Restoration (PDF) Kandiyohi Upper Mississippi River Basin Other Snapshot
Celebrating a major milestone in Fillmore County (PDF) Fillmore Lower Mississippi River Basin Other Snapshot
Red Lake County SWCD makes strides using Clean Water Funds (PDF) Red Lake Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Preventing pollution one subwatershed at a time (PDF) Dakota Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Other Snapshot
Featured Plant: Lance Selfheal or Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) (PDF) Featured Plant
Otter Tail River bank stabilization preserves farmland, pleases paddlers (PDF) Wilkin Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Otter Tail River bank stabilization preserves farmland, pleases paddlers (PDF) Wilkin Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Boyer Lake: A sparkling success story (PDF) Becker Red River of the North Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Minnesota CREP officially underway (PDF) Statewide Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin, Missouri River Basin, Red River of the North Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Other Snapshot
Septic system inventory targets 25 phosphorous-sensitive lakes (PDF) Todd Upper Mississippi River Basin Conservation Story
Fixes bring 100-year-old ditch into alignment with modern ag practices (PDF) Roseau Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Conservation Story
Featured Plant: Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor) (PDF) Featured Plant
Benton County cover crop trial: Improving soil, clearing up lakes (PDF) Benton Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Saint Olaf Lake: Building Lasting Partnerships (PDF) Waseca Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
ACGC school project solves a problem, wins a reward (PDF) Kandiyohi Minnesota River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) (PDF) Featured Plant