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MetroWatershedPartners
Добавлен 17 фев 2023
Metro Watershed Partners, a coalition of more than 70 public, private, and non-profit organizations in the Minneapolis/ Saint Paul metro area, who work together to inspire people to protect water quality in their watershed. Founded in 1996, the Metro Watershed Partners is a project of the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN.
11-13-2024 Watershed Partners Meeting: Community Engagement
Speaker Bio:
Tara Jebens-Singh has worked in public policy, wellness, education, equity, older adult, and mental health programs for over 25 years. She holds a Master’s in Planning from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and a Masters in Human Development from Fielding Graduate University where she is pursuing her doctorate in Organizational Development and Change. Tara currently serves as a board director for the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation, the Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative, and the Many Faces of White Bear Lake. Previous leadership roles include President and CEO of Northeast Youth & Family Services, Adult Programs Coordinator at White Bear Lake Are...
Tara Jebens-Singh has worked in public policy, wellness, education, equity, older adult, and mental health programs for over 25 years. She holds a Master’s in Planning from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and a Masters in Human Development from Fielding Graduate University where she is pursuing her doctorate in Organizational Development and Change. Tara currently serves as a board director for the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation, the Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative, and the Many Faces of White Bear Lake. Previous leadership roles include President and CEO of Northeast Youth & Family Services, Adult Programs Coordinator at White Bear Lake Are...
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10-9-2024 Watershed Partners Meeting: Chloride Engagement Campaigns
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Speaker Bio and Presentation Information This month, we are lucky to be joined by Jessica Wilson, Water Resources Manager for the City of Edina. Jessica's work involves flood risk reduction, stormwater runoff management, and provision of clean surface water. Jessica will highlight a couple of chloride engagement initiatives: Winter Salt Awareness Week and Low Salt, No Salt Minnesota. Winter Sal...
5-8-2024 - Watershed Partners meeting:
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Here from AmeriCorps members who are currently serving with many of our Watershed Partners organizations. Participating members share brief presentations of projects and highlights from their service terms.
2-14-2024 - Watershed Partners meeting: Legislative Update
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Legislative Update A Legislative Update from the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy on water legislative activity that they are tracking. This includes activity around PFAS, nitrates, drainage and salt. Speakers: Carly Griffith: Carly Griffith is the Water Program Director at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and a PhD Candidate in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dep...
1/10/2024 - Watershed Partners meeting: Supporting the long-term care of natural landscapes
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Topic: Supporting the long-term care of natural landscapes and clean water planting projects For the past twenty years, local government partners and conservation organizations have promoted raingardens, native plantings, and shoreline restoration projects as key strategies for protecting surface and groundwater resources and maintaining pollinator and wildlife habitat. As native landscaping ha...
April 10, 2024: WSP Meeting - Artists in Residence
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Our April topic is artist in residence programs. Kyle Axtell from South Washington Watershed District and Britta Dornfeld from Environmental Initiative speak about their projects. Speaker Bios: Kyle Axtell Over a nearly 20-year natural resources management career spent largely with the Rice Creek Watershed District and now most recently with the South Washington Watershed District, Kyle has ser...
1/11/2023 Watershed Partners Meeting
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Low Salt Solutions presentations from Connie Fortin, Brooke Asleson, and Chandi McCracken-Holm Presentation Description: Low Salt Solutions is an umbrella of categories providing direction to a lower salt future. Today I will speak on Low Salt Design. Low Salt Design is the first of the Bolton & Menk strategies I have developed, and it has been created for Civil Engineers and Landscape Architec...
1/10/2024 WSP Meeting: Long-term care of natural landscapes and clean water planting projects
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Recording of our January meeting on supporting the long-term care of natural landscapes and clean water planting projects. Speaker Bios: Angie Hong (she/her): Water Resource Education Senior Specialist Angie Hong is the coordinator for Minnesota’s East Metro Water Resource Education Program, a local government partnership with 30 members in Washington, Ramsey, Chisago and Isanti Counties. In he...
11/8/2023 Watershed Partners Meeting: Outreach Success Stories to Shake-Up the Engagement Doldrums
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Recording of our November Round table panel discussion on outreach success stories. Speaker Bios Michelle Okada, Parks and Rec Director, City of Woodbury With 27 years of dedicated service to the City of Woodbury, Michelle uses her skills and expertise in various roles, with 20 years in Parks & Recreation and a short 7 years with the Public Safety Department. She is currently serving as the Dir...
10/11/2023 Watershed Partners Meeting: Sustainable Agriculture
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We know that 70% of the sediment and nutrients entering the Mississippi River come from industrial agriculture. This is a challenge in Minnesota and St. Croix Rivers as well. This presentation explores a new approach to how we can sustainably feed our residents, reduce erosion and runoff, support local farming, and engage diverse cultures in sustainable farming solutions rather than over-relyin...
9/13/2023 Watershed Partners Meeting: Co-Design
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Recording of our meeting on 9/13/2026 Presentation description: Equitable Community Engagement for a Resilient Rochester This presentation walks through what it looks like to build equity into community engagement practices through the process of community co-design. We cover why co-design is important, when it’s best to use co-design for community engagement, and how to set up the co-design pr...
4/12/2023 Watershed Partners Meeting: Lakes De-listed: How did they do it?
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Recording of our April Watershed Partners Meeting. Minnesota may be known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but 2,904 of those don’t meet water quality standards. Over the past twenty years, state and local partners have spent millions of dollars to restore degraded lakes, rivers, and streams around the state. Could it be that our efforts are finally paying off? The Minnesota Pollution Control Agenc...
2/8/2023 Meeting: Passive House and 2023 Legislative Update
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Full meeting recording of the Feb. 8, 2023 meeting. Passive House discussion starts at 6:14. Legislative update starts at 26:58. Speaker Bios: Passive House John Noterman is a member of the Passive House Network (PHN) Minnesota. He worked in construction as a carpenter up until the pandemic at which time he chose to stay home for family reasons. He spent the better part of the pandemic reading ...