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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)

 

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

Native Seed Vendors

Natural Resource Services Vendor List

Prescribed Burn Vendors

 

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

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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:

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

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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

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March 2025
Hidden Dangers in Well Water:
Protect Your Health by Testing

Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar

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PDFs of the Presentations​​​

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