The Shingle Creek and West Mississippi watersheds extend over 67 square miles in east-central Hennepin County, Minnesota. The ten cities in these watersheds jointly manage the lakes, streams, and wetlands in this area through the Shingle Creek and West Mississippi Watershed Management Commissions.

Shingle Creek member cities are Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Maple Grove, Minneapolis, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth, and Robbinsdale. West Mississippi member cities include Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Maple Grove, and Osseo.
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What's New............

  • KARE11 featured the Commission's Biobox in a short video feature about the Biochar project. 
  • The Commissions adopted a Minor Plan Amendment to their Watershed Management Plan at the May 10, 2018 Commission meeting. The amendment adds a new capital project and revises another project already on the CIP.
  • The 2017 Annual Water Quality Report is now available. Nutrient and sediment water quality in Shingle Creek in 2017 was the best it has been since monitoring began in 2002!
  • The first year of  monitoring data is in for the Biochar and Iron-Enhanced Sand Filters project - and the results are great!
  • The Twin Lake Carp Management Project continues with fabrication of fish barriers to be installed later this year, lake water quality monitoring, and aeration system design.
  • The Commission and City of Plymouth are considering an alum treatment for Bass Lake and Pomerleau Lake in 2018 and 2019.
Featured Projects.....

Biochar- and Iron- Enhanced Pond Filter Benches

The Shingle Creek and West Mississippi Commissions are in the midst of a  research project aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of stormwater ponds and other features. This grant-funded project is field testing a concept that has been successful in the lab: adding biochar and iron filings to sand filters. This augmentation can eliminate over 95% of bacteria in stormwater as well as dissolved and particulate phosphorus.

Twin Lake Carp Management

The carp can run but they can't hide. Radio implants in select carp on the Twin Lake chain of lakes help us to find where they congregate and overwinter so excess fish can be removed. Carp stir up lake bottom sediments, releasing phosphorus into the water column and increasing turbidity.  Fish management is an important strategy in managing water quality in shallow lakes.