2024-2025 Land to Lake Lecture Webinar Series
Watch past webinars and view links and documents shared during the presentations.
October 2024
Saving the Monarch:
Improving Habitat for the Future
Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar
Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Organization: https://www.cannonriverwatershedmn.gov/
Lawns to Legumes Program BWSR website: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l
Sign up for Lawns to Legumes at Blue Thumb website: https://bluethumb.org/lawns-to-legumes/apply/
SWCD Native Plant Programs (Most sales open around January 1)
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Goodhue: https://www.goodhueswcd.org/online-store?Category=Native%2520Plants
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Le Sueur: https://www.lesueurswcd.org/plants
Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund - https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/
Conservation Reserve Program - https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/conservation-reserve-program
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program - https://bwsr.state.mn.us/mn-crep-landowners
Monarch Butterfly Conservation on Working Lands - https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/monarch-butterflies
Partners for Pollinators - https://ci.faribault.mn.us/712/Pollinators,
“Bee a Dot” on the Map - https://ci.faribault.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/9011/Bee-A-Dot-On-The-Map---Pollinator-Gardens
Bee Friendly Environmental Alliance of Steele County: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beefriendliesofsteeleco
Rice SWCD Service Provider lists
Natural Resource Services Vendor List
Some Minnesota Milkweed plant information sources:
Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo (Plant a Pocket of Prairie) Stalking the Wild Milkweeds – Flower Chasers (mnnativewildflowers.com)
Prairie Moon Nursery: Search Results for "milkweed"
Search: name contains ‘milkweed’: Minnesota Wildflowers
Native Milkweeds | Xerces Society
MN native plants for wet soils
Native Wildflower Seed | Prairie Moon Nursery​
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PDFs of the Presentations
Saving the Monarch: Improving Habitat for the Future by Barb Bolan, Wild Ones SE MN Prairie Partners
Conservation Programs for Planting Native Prairie by Teresa DeMars, Rice SWCD
November 2024
Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Powerhouse Behind Soil Health
Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar
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Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Organization: https://www.cannonriverwatershedmn.gov/
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Here is a list of all available cost-share programs for cover crops and conservation tillage: SE Minnesota Agriculture Conservation Resources
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PDFs of the Presentations
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Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Powerhouse Behind Soil Health by Dr. Anna Cates
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Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Organization by Ben Dvorak
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Soil Health Conservation Programs by Ben Dvorak
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December 2024
Special Catch:
The Cannon River's LMS Walleye
Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar​
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MPCA Septic System Maintenance
CRWJPO Native Shoreline Planting Program
Here is a list of all available cost-share programs for cover crops and conservation tillage: SE Minnesota Agriculture Conservation Resources
​Links to SWCDs in the Cannon River Watershed:
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RICE www.riceswcd.org
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STEELE www.steeleswcd.org
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WASECA www.wasecaswcd.org
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DAKOTA www.dakotaswcd.org
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GOODHUE www.goodhueswcd.org
LE SUEUR www.lesueurswcd.org
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PDFs of the Presentations
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Special Catch: The Cannon River’s LMS Walleye by Craig Soupir
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Protecting Water Quality of Lakes & Streams by Kourtney Spitzack
January 2025
Is Your Septic System Failing:
How Proper Care Protects Home & Water
Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar
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PDFs of the Presentations
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February 2025
Reducing Flooding on the Cannon: What's Being Done?
Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar
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PDFs of the Presentations
March 2025
Hidden Dangers in Well Water:
Protect Your Health by Testing
Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar
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