How will you celebrate Earth Month?
April is Earth Month – with Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor Day on April 28! Celebrate the start of spring with us by taking action to protect your watershed. Here are just a few things you […]
We Are Water MN exhibit in Hastings, Eagan 10/13-12/5; guided tours available
We Are Water MN, a traveling exhibit celebrating the importance of water to Minnesota, is coming to the Vermillion River Watershed very soon! The exhibit will help tell Dakota County’s water stories — […]
County wetland volunteer program featured at Minnesota State Fair
Dakota County’s Wetland Health Evaluation Program (WHEP) will be a featured community science program in the Eco-Experience building at the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday, Sept. 4 and Monday, Sept. 5. WHEP volunteers will highlight […]
Wetlands may seem like unusable, swampy land to some, but these areas are essential to a healthy environment. They are important for the survival of countless small organisms — insects, worms, snails and leeches — […]
There is still time to get out and rake those fallen leaves. Learn why it’s important to clean natural debris out of our local streets!
For several years, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Citizen Stream Monitoring Program has engaged water-loving citizens statewide in tracking water quality in their favorite river or stream. Now the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has teamed up with the MPCA and […]