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City, parks and watershed district team up to repair Minnehaha Creek, clean up Lake Hiawatha

Star Tribune Minnehaha Creek has long been treated like a glorified drainage ditch as it flows downstream from Lake Minnetonka...
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325 Blake Road, Minnehaha Creek Greenway see development progress

As the Greenway advances toward completion, MCWD plans to expand the vision of Balanced Urban Ecology downstream. After more than...
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The Cultural History of the Watershed

There’s no time like the present to discuss the first inhabitants of this area: the Dakota. Many of the names...
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Settlement of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed

It is no accident that most of the world’s great cities are built around great bodies of water. Whether providing...
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May 19, 2025

Water Level Update – May 16, 2026

Gray’s Bay Dam Open The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) opened Gray’s Bay Dam on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in...
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May 19, 2025

May 2025 Updates in the Long Lake Creek Subwatershed

Since 2018, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) has worked with communities in the Long Lake Creek Subwatershed to develop...
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May 16, 2025

Pond Retrofit Aimed at Keeping Phosphorus Out of Long Lake

Laker Pioneer Just over a decade ago, Long Lake was facing a troubling diagnosis; an impairing amount of phosphorus. The...
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May 2, 2025

Water Level Update – May 2, 2025

Stoplogs Removed In coordination with City of Minnetonka Public Works, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) removed stoplogs from Gray’s...
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May 2, 2025

Future of $330M Hopkins housing development uncertain amid developer’s financial woes

STAR TRIBUNE A $330 million real estate development in Hopkins is in limbo after its developer failed to get financing,...
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April 30, 2025

April 2025 Updates in the Six Mile Creek-Halsted Bay Subwatershed

Since 2015, MCWD has worked with communities in the watershed’s headwaters to develop and implement a collaborative vision to improve...
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April 8, 2025

325 Blake Road project faces new hurdle

Sun Sailor After financing issues have plagued the 325 Blake Road project, a new issue has been thrown into the...
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March 27, 2025

March 2025 Updates in the Long Lake Creek Subwatershed

Since 2018, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) has worked with communities in the Long Lake Creek Subwatershed to develop...
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March 20, 2025

March 2025 Updates in the Six Mile Creek-Halsted Bay Subwatershed

Since 2015, MCWD has worked with communities in the watershed’s headwaters to develop and implement a collaborative vision to improve...
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March 5, 2025

Commissioners Wade into County Water Issues

PATRIOT Carver County commissioners were afloat in water issues at their Feb. 18 meeting. The county board conducted a public...
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December 31, 2024

2024 Year in Review

2024 highlights from the minnehaha creek watershed A Note from the Administrator It’s been another dynamic year for the Minnehaha...
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December 27, 2024

MCWD admin earns high honor from association

Laker Pioneer Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) Administrator, James Wisker, was named 2024 Administrator of the Year by the Minnesota...
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