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THE 8th
ANNUAL GREAT SHINGLE CREEK WATERSHED CLEAN-UP The ten cities that are in the Shingle Creek and West
Mississippi Watersheds – Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Crystal, Maple
Grove, Minneapolis, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale –celebrated Earth
Day with the “Great Watershed Clean-Up” beginning Saturday, April 18 through
Saturday, April 25, 2009. Hundreds of
volunteers from Plymouth to the Mississippi River walked along streams and
lakes, in parks and along boulevards, picking up everything from pop cans to
abandoned vehicles during the weeklong event.
Organized in 2001, the goal of the event, which is sponsored by
the Shingle Creek/West Mississippi Watershed Management Commissions, is to
clean up the watersheds and educate participants about water quality. Brooklyn
Center Crystal Sage
Academy, Brooklyn Park During the 2009 clean-up Brooklyn Center’s 142 volunteers
collected 113 bags of debris as well as removing signs, tires and plywood from
the creek. Brooklyn Park’s events began
on Earth Day, April 22, and culminated on April 25 when most of the clean-up
occurred. Over 123 bags of debris were
removed by 266 volunteers. Maple Grove
volunteers picked up trash around storm water ponds and parks. More than 3,000 volunteers registered in
Minneapolis at 41 locations removing 20,000 pounds of garbage. John Ong, Cooper High School, New Hope Coordinator and City Forester New Hope Mayor, Kathi Hempen And Diane Stauner Shawn Markham Robbinsdale volunteers, a local Girl Scout Troop and their
families picked up 50 bags of debris, a wooden pallet, a tire and a gun
(Robbinsdale Police were called).
Champlin’s 70 volunteers picked up trash, bicycles and a guitar. Crystal volunteers cleaned up a storm water
pond near County Road 81 and the railroad tracks. Robbinsdale Crystal Village
Creek Teens 8th
Annual Shingle Creek Clean-up Chair Diane
Stauner, Commissioner, New Hope Brooklyn
Center Coordinator Jenny
Whiting Brooklyn Park Coordinator Mary Pat Black Champlin Coordinator Todd Tuominen Crystal Coordinator Rick Rauen Maple Grove Coordinator Deb Coss Minneapolis Coordinator Arik Rudolph New Hope Coordinator Shawn
Markham Osseo Coordinator Randy
Korfiatis Plymouth Coordinator Marjorie
Vigoren Robbinsdale Coordinator Tom Marshall The main stem of Shingle Creek
begins in Brooklyn Park and flows southeasterly to its confluence with the
Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
Shingle Creek is formed at the junction of Bass Creek and Eagle Creek
and is approximately 11 miles long.
There are 16 lakes in the Shingle Creek watershed. The central portion of the West Mississippi
watershed is drained by Oxbow Creek which flows easterly and then heads north,
eventually outletting to the Mississippi River.
The southern portion of the West Mississippi watershed is drained by the
Edinbrook/Century Channel, which runs from TH 169 to Mattson Brook and from
there to the Mississippi River. If this
land is polluted, our river will be too. Follow a cigarette butt, candy wrapper or empty pop can tossed
or blown into the street, and you’re likely to find it littering the bank of
one of our streams or lakes. That’s
because rain and melting snow flow from large areas into streams through the
storm sewer system. The large area that
funnels water into a stream is called a watershed. As water travels through the watershed it
picks up debris and pollutants and carries them to the stream. If this land is polluted, our river will be
too. That’s why your help in keeping the
watershed clean is important. |
Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
3235 Fernbrook Lane ▪ Plymouth, MN 55447
(763) 553-1144 ▪ Fax (763) 553-9326
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