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
Easement expands habitat, water storage (PDF) Cottonwood Minnesota River Basin Federal Fund Snapshot
Revealing soil science at the State Fair (PDF) Snapshot
2022 BWSR legislative wrap-up (PDF) Snapshot
Featured Plant: Blue vervain (PDF) Featured Plant
Tracking soil loss trends on ag lands (PDF) Statewide Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Pickerel Lake partnerships (PDF) Freeborn Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot
Mississippi headwaters collaboration (PDF) Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca Upper Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot
NRCS’ Mississippi River Basin Initiative in Chisago County improves water quality (PDF) Chisago St. Croix River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Other Conservation Story
Well sealing creates research opportunity (PDF) Olmsted Lower Mississippi River Basin Clean Water Fund, Other Snapshot
Lincoln County collaboration: One site yields big rewards for Yellow Medicine   (PDF) Lincoln Minnesota River Basin, Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund Conservation Story
Pickerel Lake focus, collaboration in the Shell Rock River Watershed District (PDF) Freeborn Lower Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Other Conservation Story
Lincoln County collaboration (PDF) Lincoln Missouri River Basin Clean Water Fund, Federal Fund, Other Snapshot
Optimizing cover crops (PDF) Goodhue Lower Mississippi River Basin Federal Fund Snapshot
PRAP grant boosts efficiency (PDF) Statewide Red River of the North Basin Other Snapshot
Neighborhood connections aid gardeners (PDF) Statewide Environment and Natural Resources Trust Snapshot
Featured Plant: Prairie violet (PDF) Featured Plant
Siting of Wetland Mitigation in NE Minnesota – The Way Forward (PDF) Cook, Lake, St. Louis Great Lakes Basin, Rainy River Basin Federal Fund, Other, Outdoor Heritage Fund Snapshot
Featured Plant: American pasqueflower (Anemone patens) (PDF) Featured Plant
Banking on the road bank program (PDF) St. Louis Great Lakes Basin, Rainy River Basin Other Snapshot
Restoring the Wild Rice River (PDF) Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman Red River of the North Basin Clean Water Fund Snapshot