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2024-2025 Land to Lake Lecture Webinar Series

Watch past webinars and view links and documents shared during the presentations.

Monarch butterfly on stiff goldenrod. Decrotive.

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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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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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Biologist, Craig Soupir, holds a walley during a fish net survey. Decorative.

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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January 2025
Is Your Septic System Failing:
How Proper Care Protects Home & Water

Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar

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MPCA search for certified septic professionals:  https://webapp.pca.state.mn.us/ssts/business-search

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University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program

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Ag BMP Loan Program

Septic Upgrade Loan Program (Le Sueur County)

Septic Low Income Grant (Le Sueur County)

Minnesota Valley Action Council Income Based Loan Program

Federal Loan Programs through the EPA and USDA

 

Links to SWCDs in the Cannon River Watershed:

 

Links to SWCD’s across Minnesota

 

Links to Counties in the Cannon River Watershed

 

Links to Counties Across Minnesota

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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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Links to SWCDs in the Cannon River Watershed:

 

Links to SWCD’s across Minnesota

 

Links to Counties in the Cannon River Watershed

 

Links to Counties Across Minnesota

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

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Documents and Links Shared During the Webinar​​

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https://www.cannonriverwatershedmn.gov/

 

https://www.mda.state.mn.us/township-testing-program

 

https://www.mda.state.mn.us/southeast-minnesota-volunteer-nitrate-monitoring-network

 

https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/contaminants/manganese.html

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Links to SWCDs in the Cannon River Watershed:

 

Links to SWCD’s across Minnesota

 

Links to Counties in the Cannon River Watershed

 

Links to Counties Across Minnesota

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