Treating Stormwater Runoff, Controlling Erosion Issues,
Increasing Water Quality, Creating Wildlife Habitat

EROSION ISSUES? Funding Available
$2500.00 - $5000 / 50%-100% Funding available for:
Plantings for Shoreline Restoration Projects, Tree or Rain Gardens,
Re-Forestation, Rain Barrels, pervious surfaces, and more.
Project Examples and Assistance: Drop Stop Absorb

The University of Minnesota Extension is offering a series of 3 workshops on Stormwater Best Management Pratices (BMPs) at the CWC Land Services Building at 322 Laurel Street in Brainerd, MN, in 2012.
These courses are intended for excavation contractors, grading contractors, public works staff, engineers, designers, planners, and public officials. These courses offer insight and best practices for functions, designs, installations, diagnosis, selection, and maintenance of stormwater BMPs. All classes will combine presentations, hands on practices, and discussions.
The 3 workshops offered are:
An Introduction to Stormwater BMPs – Functions, Designs & Installations
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from 8 am to 3:30 pm
Stormwater Diagnosis & BMP Selction
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Stormwater BMP Maintenance
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The workshop fee per class is $40.00 and inclues course materials, refreshments and lunch. If registering for all 3 workshops, the fee for one of the workshops will be waived so the total fee will be $80.00. Don’t miss this great opportunity!
Sign up online for the workshops at: http://www.regonline.com/Stormwater. For more information on the workshops, contact Theresa Sowards, University of Minnesota Extension Regional Center, Farmington, MN, 651-480-7715, sowar006@umn.edu.
This series of worskhops was developed with participation from Brock White Construction Materials, Crow Wing County, Crow Wing Soil & Water Conservation District, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Thirty Lakes Watershed District, and the University of Minnesota Extension.

Native Plant Guide - DNR Restore Your Shore-Online.

Events at the Northland Arboretum in Brainerd

Prairie Moon Nursery Plant Catalog

New DNR Aquatic Invasive Species Law
VIDEO: Erasian Watermilfoil
VIDEO: Zebra Mussels

Keeping our water clean is everyone's responsibility. 
We can all do our part to protect our water resources.

The purpose of the Thirty Lakes Watershed District is to conserve natural resources through land use planning, flood control and other conservation projects to protect public health, safety and welfare.  The Thirty Lakes Watershed District has also concentrated efforts on stormwater management in response to the growth of the District.  The Watershed District works with Crow Wing County and Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District to manage stormwater in the District.

Stormwater Management:

When rain or snowmelt falls on hard surfaces, like driveways, rooftops and parking lots, it cannot soak into the ground.  As storm water travels across these impervious surfaces, it collects chemicals, debris, and other materials that are carried directly into our lakes, streams and rivers.

Stormwater runoff can change both water quality and quantity affecting our water resources physically, chemically and biologically.  Polluted runoff containing oil, grease, chemicals, nutrients, metals, litter and pathogens for example, can severely reduce water quality.  If left unmanaged, runoff stresses our streams, ages our lakes and degrades and eliminates our wetlands.

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* shoreline restoration, rain gardens, rain barrels, porous pavers, porous concrete and asphalt, infiltration basins

Cost-Share Program Information and form - please fill out, save, and email to: lakeswsd@brainerd.net,
or mail to: TLWD 322 Laurel Street, Suite 13, Brainerd, MN 56401
or call for more information: 218-828-0243

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