Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is a local unit of government responsible for managing and protecting the water resources in one of the largest and most heavily-used urban watersheds in Minnesota.

The watershed stretches 181-square miles from St. Bonifacius to south Minneapolis and includes Lake Minnetonka, the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Creek, and Minnehaha Falls. It includes eight major creeks, 129 lakes, and thousands of wetlands. Learn more. 

• Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan
• Christmas Lake Subwatershed Plan
• Dutch Lake Subwatershed Plan
• Gleason Lake Subwatershed Plan
• Lake Minnetonka Subwatershed Plan
• Lake Virginia Subwatershed Plan
  • 1.0 Introduction and Summary
  • 2.0 Land and Water Resources Inventory
  • 3.0 Problems and Issues
    • 3.1 Water Quality
    • 3.2 Water Quantity
    • 3.3 Wetlands
    • 3.4 Ecological Integrity
    • 3.5 Groundwater
    • 3.6 Impacts of Future Growth
  • 4.0 Resource Management Goals and Strategies
  • 5.0 Implementation Program
  • Figures
• Langdon Lake Subwatershed Plan
• Long Lake Creek Subwatershed Plan
• Minnehaha Creek Subwatershed Plan
• Painter Creek Subwatershed Plan
• Schutz Lake Subwatershed Plan
• Six Mile Marsh Subwatershed Plan
• Appendicies