Join our Minneapolis Water Quality Volunteer Network

at the From Rain to the River: Community Conversation
Tuesday May 19 5pm to 6:30pm at the

Northeast Recreation Center 1530 Johnson St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

5:15pm Presentation of City Stormwater programs

5:45 p.m. Volunteer recognition for Adopt-a-Drain and Storm Drain Stenciling volunteers

Join the the Minneapolis Water Quality Volunteer Network at our Resilient Cities and Communities table

 Sign up to join the Minneapolis Water Quality Volunteer Network as individual &/or as a team to help with

  • Adopt a Drain & Neighborhood Clean Ups
  • Fall – Raking leaves from streets before the snow
  • Winter – Reducing Salt Use with traction grit

Our Network will support you with

  • Supplies for Clean Ups
  • Outreach Displays & Maps
  • Seasonal water quality action tips
  • Quarterly City-Wide Meet-Ups
  • See our impacts city-wide!

Join the Minneapolis Water Quality Volunteer Network https://secure.everyaction.com/GFm0ElD54kCUlLkWgLx_Rw2

Join our new City-Wide Water Quality Volunteer Network

As part of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Green Teams Coalition RCC is supporting 30 neighborhood associations across Minneapolis on the Northside, NE, SE, River Gorge, Hiawatha Nokomis area, Southside and SW Minneapolis to organize water quality volunteer teams.

With initial support from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization RCC will collaborate with the City, MPRB and Hamline to support additional neighborhoods to follow the amazing example of the Uptown/Chain of Lakes Green Guardian’s 9 neighborhood coalition working to clean up Lake Bde Maka Ska, Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake. the MWMO is supporting this initiative through a Community grant.

You can express interest in joining the coalition by completing our Minneapolis Green Teams interest survey.

 

 

Help protect our lakes, streams and rivers from litter and nitrogen pollution – to prevent harmful algal blooms, protect wild life, swimming & fishing, as our water quality is threatened by climate change drought & flood cycles.

ADOPT your STORM DRAIN clean it out 4 times a year & share your results – sign up at https://mn.adopt-a-drain.org/

Please rake the leaves up off your curb & bag or compost them before the winter snows

Family Friendly Water Quality Walk Sat April 25 3pm to 4pm

We’ll start from below the Lake Street Bridge on the West River Parkway gathering at the top of the  pedestrian ramp that goes to the Minneapolis Rowing Club just north of the Lake Street Bridge  Please RSVP to join us

  • We’ll visit the is a mid-size outflow drain just upstream of the Lake Street bridge that is accessible by a ramped road (pedestrians only) and the Winchell Trail (located next to the remnants of the wing dams for the old hydropower dam that powered the trolleys and Wonderland amusement park)
  • Pre-walk – The kids and families can look how water flows from their homes to the river via the MWMO story map www.mwmo.org/storymap.
  • Interested families can sign up to adopt their storm drains.
  • We will give families a map for future exploration to visit more outflows on the river Lake Street, 36th St, 44th St and Outfall where Minnehaha Creek flows into the Mississipi