Welcome to the Shingle Creek

and West Mississippi Watersheds!

The Shingle Creek and West Mississippi Watershed Management Commissions are the regional governmental units responsible for protecting the water resources of the Shingle Creek and West Mississippi watersheds. We invite you to browse our site using the tabs along the top of the page.

2007 Annual Water Quality Report

The 2007 Annual Water Quality Report is now available for viewing. The report presents the finding of the various monitoring programs in the Shingle Creek/West Mississippi watershed, including streams, lakes, biological and wetland monitoring. Ongoing monitoring allows the Commission to evaluate the effectiveness of best management practices, especially as TMDL implementation proceeds and provides a baseline for reasonable water quality goals.

Dye Testing Performed on Shingle and Bass Creeks

The Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission performed a time-of-travel dye study on Shingle and Bass Creeks June 9, 2008.

Proposed Major Plan Amendment begins 45-day review process.

Lake TMDLs are being reviewed by EPA and MPCA:

Cedar Island, Pike and Eagle Lakes

Bass, Pomerleau and Schmidt Lakes

Crystal Lake

Rain Garden Education Workshops and Coaching Seminars

(January 31, 2008) The Chingle Creek and West Mississippi Watershed Management Commissions sponsored three Rain Garden Education Workshops for local residents this spring. The workshops were taught and facilitated by Metro Blooms. Attendance at the Maple Grove workshop on April 19 was 49. Attendance at the Plymouth workshop on May 15 was 63. Attendance at the Crystal workshop on June 3 was 50. In addition, 35 attended coaching sessions in Maple Grove and Plymouth in May.

The workshops teach attendees how to design and install rain gardens, effectively use native plants, trees and shrubs and employ eco-friendly lawn care practices including redirecting downspouts and minimizing or eliminating fertilizers. The coaching seminars help those who have attended the workshop get individual help with their rain garden design.

For more information visit www.metroblooms.org.

THE GREAT SHINGLE CREEK WATERSHED CLEAN UP

The ten cities that make up 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 7^th Annual Great Shingle Creek Watershed Cleanup. From Saturday, April 19 through Saturday, April 26, hundreds of volunteers from Plymouth to the Mississippi River lined the banks of Shingle Creek, picking up everything from pop cans to car tires.

The Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission’s Chloride TMDL Implementation Plan and the Implementation Partnership is one of five recipients of the American Public Works Association’s National Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award. The partnership consists of the Commission, the nine cities with land in the watershed, Hennepin County, MnDOT and the MPCA. The awards were presented at the North American Snow Conference in Louisville, Kentucky April 13-16, 2008.