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
Two Chisago County lakes delisted (PDF) Chisago St. Croix River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot
10 ecological landscaping principles (PDF) Statewide Statewide Environment and Natural Resources Trust Snapshot
Watonwan County buffers in place (PDF) Watonwan Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) (PDF) Featured Plant
Dodge County dairy's feedlot upgrade benefits farm, Mississippi River (PDF) Dodge Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Conservation Story
Pipestone SWCD targets nitrates (PDF) Pipestone Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Crosslake, partners protect water quality (PDF) Crow Wing Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Blue Earth SWCD targets impaired river (PDF) Blue Earth Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Restoring a metro trout stream (PDF) Dakota Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Porcupine Sedge (Carex hystericina) (PDF) Featured Plant
Pipestone SWCD, farmers work to cut nitrates, protect drinking water (PDF) Pipestone Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Conservation Story
Self-guided cover crop tours underway (PDF) Waseca, Winona Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Digging in: A Q&A with Lawns to Legumes gardeners (PDF) Statewide Statewide Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Preserving north metro's Silver Lake (PDF) Ramsey Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) (PDF) Featured Plant
Chisago County's North Center, South Center lakes delisted (PDF) Chisago St. Croix River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Other Conservation Story
Building a productive pasture (PDF) Pope Minnesota River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Federal Fund Snapshot
Adrian protects city water supply (PDF) Nobles Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
BWSR guide offers options for groundwater protection (PDF) Statewide Statewide Other Snapshot
Featured Plant: Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) (PDF) Featured Plant