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
Little Rock Lake drawdown (PDF) Benton Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Conservation Story
New London collaboration stretches grants (PDF) Kandiyohi Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Meet two longstanding SWCD teams (PDF) Cottonwood, Faribault Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin, Missouri River Basin Other Snapshot
NRCS training explores soil health (PDF) Becker, Kanabec, Murray, Steele Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin, Missouri River Basin, St. Croix River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot
AmeriCorps powers Root River SWCD project (PDF) Houston Lower Mississippi River Basin Other Snapshot
Buffer law flexibility yields results (PDF) Chisago, Statewide Rainy River Basin Other Snapshot
Featured Plant: Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) (PDF) Featured Plant
Grant fills longtime forestry training need (PDF) Carlton Great Lakes Basin, St. Croix River Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Dairies' feedlot fixes aid river, fish (PDF) Wabasha Lower Mississippi River Basin Federal Fund, Other Snapshot
Clay SWCD builds urban conservation (PDF) Clay Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Pine River 1W1P builds on past success (PDF) Cass, Crow Wing Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
2019 BWSR legislative session wrap-up (PDF) Statewide Statewide Other Snapshot
Technical training builds skills, boosts trust (PDF) Statewide, Winona Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot
2018 BWSR Legislative wrap-up (PDF) Statewide Statewide Other Snapshot
Featured Plant: Prairie Spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) (PDF) Featured Plant
Traverse County's first ditch retrofit (PDF) Traverse Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
New hires, grant bolster McLeod SWCD (PDF) McLeod Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Initiative takes a whole-farm approach (PDF) Statewide Statewide Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot
Regional wetland trainings offer hands-on learning (PDF) Statewide Minnesota River Basin, Red River of the North Basin Other Snapshot
MOSH explores soil health solutions (PDF) Statewide Statewide Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot