Clean Water Fund grants from BWSR played a role in the Middle St. Croix WMO’s water-quality improvement work. Over 20 years, support came from partners including residents, the city of Stillwater, Friends of Lily Lake, and Sustainable Stillwater MN. —

Faribault County farmer Eric Volsen elaborated on his experience implementing soil-health practices on the 700-acre farm he runs with his wife, Amanda, and their four children. The following excerpts from a Nov. 1, 2022, interview are edited for length and clarity. BETTER SOIL CONDITIONS: We’re seeing long-term effects. The soil’s…

The SWCD offered technical assistance and incentives through a three-year BWSR Clean Water Fund demonstration grant. —

The Big Stone SWCD worked with West Central TSA engineers and landowners on BWSR Clean Water Fund-backed work in the Five Mile Creek watershed, which flows to the Minnesota River. —

With dollars dedicated to outreach, Pheasants Forever senior Farm Bill biologist Josh Pommier could spend more time promoting MN CREP as an option. Meeker County landowners have enrolled 30 MN CREP easements totaling nearly 1,100 acres. —

ZIMMERMAN — With an alum treatment targeting in-lake phosphorus, the Isanti Soil & Water Conservation District this fall embarked upon the…

MILLERSBURG — A 157-acre Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program enrollment in Rice County has restored a wetland and…

In the Pomme de Terre River watershed near Morris, Clean Water Funds and federal assistance support prioritized projects targeting Perkins Lake. Farmers are seeing the benefits of conservation that mends gullies and slows runoff; impaired waters benefit from nutrient reductions. —

NRCS-supported position expands ability to work with private landowners throughout county, Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape — When the Morrison Soil & Water Conservation District hired forester Lew Noska, it expanded the capacity to provide expertise — and one more point of contact — for landowners throughout Morrison County and the Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape. “There is a large chunk of Morrison County that is forested,” said…