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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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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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:
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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
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LE SUEUR www.lesueurswcd.org
Links to SWCD’s across Minnesota
Links to Counties in the Cannon River Watershed
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Dakota https://dakotaswcd.org/
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Goodhue https://goodhuecountymn.gov/
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Le Sueur https://www.lesueurcounty.gov/
Links to Counties Across Minnesota
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PDFs of the Presentations
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Is Your Septic Failing Presentation by Holly Bushman, ​ Trigg Capistrant-Kinney, and Jonathan Hammel​​
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:
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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
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LE SUEUR www.lesueurswcd.org
Links to SWCD’s across Minnesota
Links to Counties in the Cannon River Watershed
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Dakota https://dakotaswcd.org/
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Goodhue https://goodhuecountymn.gov/
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Le Sueur https://www.lesueurcounty.gov/
Links to Counties Across Minnesota
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PDFs of the Presentations
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Reducing Flooding on the Cannon: What's Being Done by Holly Bushman, Le Sueur County
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Upper Cannon River Flood Study by Roberta Cronquist
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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:
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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
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LE SUEUR www.lesueurswcd.org
Links to SWCD’s across Minnesota
Links to Counties in the Cannon River Watershed
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Dakota https://dakotaswcd.org/
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Goodhue https://goodhuecountymn.gov/
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Le Sueur https://www.lesueurcounty.gov/
Links to Counties Across Minnesota
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Association of Minnesota Counties​​​
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PDFs of the Presentations​​​
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Hidden Dangers in Well Water by Anne Nelson, MDH
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CRWJPO Introduction and Well Programs by Victoria Ranua, Dakota SWCD
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