Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Fund Project History Summary: The Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Fund was established by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District in 2000, in memory of Cynthia Krieg, whose life exemplified dedication to community service and natural resource protection. This fund encourages and supports community service initiatives to protect water quality and promote public awareness of nonpoint source pollution abatement. It is a competitive grant; $100,000.00 is made available annually.
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Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Fund Project History
Summary:
The Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Fund was established by the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District in 2000, in memory of Cynthia Krieg, whose life
exemplified dedication to community service and natural resource protection. This
fund encourages and supports community service initiatives to protect water quality
and promote public awareness of nonpoint source pollution abatement. It is a
competitive grant; $100,000.00 is made available annually.
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Projects Funded Fall 2012
Alliance for Sustainability
Watershed-Friendly Congregations Working Together
Description: Volunteers and staff from 15 congregations throughout the District will work
together to assess their buildings and grounds for opportunities to install stormwater BMPs or
adopt more water conscious activities.
Project Started: January 2013
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $20,000
El Colegio
Aguas Curriculum
Description: Create a bilingual English-Spanish curriculum and onsite learning environment for
K-3 students, including lessons about water taught by El Colegio High School students.
Project Started: January 2013
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $16,160
Freshwater Society
Implementing Community Stormwater Management Projects Using Master Water
Stewards
Description: Implementing Community Stormwater Management Projects Using Master
Water Stewards. The Master Water Stewards (MWS) program will certify clean water
stewards who will install pollution prevention projects on both residential and commercial
properties and educate citizens in their neighborhoods to reduce urban storm water runoff and
nutrient loads.
Project Started: January 2013
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $15,000
Metro Blooms
Lake Nokomis Neighborhood of Raingardens
Description: The citizen-based, neighborhood-focused process to engage local property owners
in efforts to improve water quality is in full support of the Lake Nokomis TMDL, approved by the
US EPA in April 2011.
Project Started: January 2013
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $17,340
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Northern Lights
Neighbors by Way of Water
Description: This project will produce a location-based game concept that raises awareness
about water quality and the connectivity we share relative to stormwater management systems
and Minnehaha Creek.
Project Started: January 2013
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $25,000
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
WATER COVERS eARTH
Description: Provide a leadership opportunity for youth who will learn about the formation of
the chain of lakes within the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, and the importance of
protecting and preserving our water resources. They will help to make permanent public
artwork showing important citizen conservation efforts to maintain the health of the watershed.
Project Started: January 2013
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $11,500
Projects Funded Fall 2011
Alliance for Sustainability
West Metro Community Clean Ups for Water Quality
Description: Coordinate volunteers from 30 neighborhoods/block clubs in Edina, Hopkins, St.
Louis Park, and SW Minneapolis to host and organize April or October community clean-ups to
remove soil, grass clippings, and leaves from streets and storm drains to prevent runoff.
Project Started: January 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $10,000
Bakken Museum
Bakken Museum’s Water Quality Education Project
Description: Educate visitors about the role of the Bakken’s prairie/wetland and green rooftop
in preserving the water quality of Lake Calhoun. Activities include an outdoor exhibit, related
programming and habitat restoration for the wetland area compromised by non-native species.
Project Started: February 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $15,000
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Carver County Water Management Organization (CCWMO)
Aquatic Invasive Species Inspection Video
Description: Use a unique engagement process - a contest - to solicit ideas and create a short,
entertaining education video discussing AIS and demonstrating how to do a boat inspection.
Project Started: April 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $4,600
Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group (FRNNG)
FRNNG Earth Week Celebration
Description: Increase the awareness of stormwater runoff and NPS pollution and educate
current and potential homeowners in south Minneapolis on methods and practices that they
can do to protect our waters. Organize and hold workshops on organic lawn and garden care
methods and creating a non-toxic home environment. Both focus on the direct impacts we can
have on both storm and drinking water.
Project Started: March 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $5,000
Friends of the Mississippi River
The State of the River Report
Description: The State of the River Report will increase broad public awareness about the range
of factors affecting river health, and build public support around priorities for action to protect
the river and watershed.
Project Started: March 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $10,000
Hamline, Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE)
Minnehaha Creek Watershed Companion: A Community Based Watershed Story
Description: Develop and produce a Minnehaha Creek Watershed Companion, a dynamic
community resource that tells the Minnehaha Creek story, illuminates ways its water quality can
be improved and protected through examples and stories collected by student-teacher groups
within the District.
Project Started: March 2012
Project Completed: June 2013
Total Funding: $23,800
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Hilltop Elementary
Our Water, Our World, and Us
Description: Provide for curriculum development and educational opportunities for K-5
students to participate in various activities that show 1. How erosion affects landforms, 2. How
invasive species can affect the ecosystem, and 3. How water quality can affect the ecology of
the natural environment.
Project Started: January 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $12,100
Metro Blooms
Stormwater Education, Outreach, and Assistance Program
Description: Education, outreach, and assistance program for raingardens and other
stormwater BMPs. Blooming School Yards: the Wayzata West High School Rain Garden Project,
which is designed to engage students in water quality improvement efforts. Stormwater
Solutions: Commercial District Linden Hills Neighborhood, which is a unique process to assist
businesses in water quality improvement projects by helping them plan BMPs into future
redevelopment or prosperity changes by providing the resources needed to make it a cost-
effective option.
Project Started: February 2012
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $9,650
Minnesota Erosion Control Association (MECA)
Virtual Tour of Water Improvement/Protection Projects & Erosion and Sediment Control
Instructional Video Clips
Description: MCWD water quality improvement projects will be featured on a web-based
searchable virtual tour, including photos, and detailed project information. Video clips
demonstrating erosion and sediment control practices will also be produced, including filming
and editing.
Project Started:
Project Completed:
Total Funding: $12,788
Projects Funded Fall 2010
Alliance for Sustainability
Watershed-Friendly Congregations Tool Kit and Workshops
Description: Volunteers and staff from 30+ MCWD congregations will assess their buildings and
grounds to decide the storm water BMPs they will begin in 2011 through our Watershed
Friendly Congregations Tool Kit and urban & suburban workshops.
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed: December 2011
Total Funding: $5,000
Armatage Montessori School
Armatage Rain Gardens
Description: The project joins Armatage students, families, and community in a partnership with
Metro Blooms to reduce storm water runoff in the sub Minnehaha Creek Watershed area. This
goal will be realized through water stewardship education and the installation of school and
community rain gardens.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed: December 2011
Total Funding: $3,000
Central States Water Environment Association Minnesota Section
Liquid Assets “A Documentary Film on Minnesota’s Critical Water Infrastructure”
Description: “Sustainability of our water infrastructure assets” is the theme of a 30-minute
documentary film proposed to raise awareness about Minnesota’s critical water infrastructure
(drinking water, wastewater and stromwater) and the need to invest in it.
Project Started: June 2011
Project Completed: December 2012
Total Funding: $3,000
Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group (FRNNG)
Earth Week Celebration – workshops
Description: We aim to increase awareness of storm water runoff and non-point source
pollution among residents in the Field, Regina, and Northrop neighborhoods of Minneapolis.
Two educational workshops are planned in addition to a storm drain stenciling project.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed: December 2011
Total Funding: $1,027
Freshwater Society
Community Clean-ups for Water Quality
Description: The Freshwater Society will develop a neighborhood outreach directory, conduct
trainings and over 20 organic waste clean-ups with lake and neighborhood associations, local
governmental agencies and other active water organizations to reduce transmittal of nitrogen
and phosphorus in storm water to impaired water bodies.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed: December 2011
Total Funding: $23,750
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE)
Minnehaha Creek Educator Network: Community Watershed Ambassadors Project
Description: CGEE will develop teacher leaders who educate and create awareness among
students and the community about causes, effects and remedies of nonpoint source pollution.
Funding at $23.5K will support educators’ participation in River Institutes; facilitate field
activities, and support an educators’ network with access to resources that advance watershed
stewardship.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed : June 2012
Total Funding: $20,000
Lake Minnewashta Preservation Association (LMPA)
Zebra Mussel Prevention Program
Description: This program will provide onsite education to boat launchers and lake residents,
community education of the Mussel problem and solutions, increased inspection activities, and
the installation and operation of a hot water pressure washer system at the Carver Regional
Park launch sites for the prevention of Mussel infestation in Lake Minnewashta.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed : December 2011
Total Funding: $5,000
Metro Blooms
Raingarden Education Program
Description: Metro Blooms will use funds for Raingarden Education Programs to introduce the
broad community of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District to the beauty and benefits of
raingardens – putting raingardening in the hands of gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Our
Neighborhood Raingarden Events provide education and installation support to residents in
target neighborhoods of an impaired water body with education and installation assistance and
incentives. In 2010, our plans include working in partnership with the host cities of Minneapolis,
Shorewood, Victoria, St. Louis Park, and Plymouth and with Minneapolis Public Schools,
including Armatage in the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed : December 2011
Total Funding: $21,000
Minneapolis Public Schools
Raingarden Maintenance and Education Plan
Description: Minneapolis Public Schools will begin raingarden maintenance and educational
programming at several schools in the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. The intent of this
project is to create opportunities to integrate existing science curriculum with school rain
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
gardens, and to tie classrooms to rain gardens in an effort to establish an ongoing maintenance
regime for rain gardens on school district property.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed : August 2012
Total Funding: $20,000
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Green Heron Pond Area Interpretive Signage
Description: The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum will install interpretive signage in the Green
Heron Pond area to describe: how wetlands support plant and animal life; how a wetland’s
ability to filter water is affected by activities upstream; and positive actions visitors can take to
improve water quality.
Project Started: January 2011
Project Completed : December 2011
Total Funding: $5,000
Projects Funded Fall 2009
Alliance for Sustainability
Youth Environmental Activists of MN- West Metro Schools Adopt a Creek project
Description: Youth Environmental Activists in five high school environmental clubs will organize
Minnehaha Creek clean-up or restoration events with their City's parks or environment
commissions. Students will ask their city councils to adopt MN Green Step cities water quality
best practices.
Project Started: January 2010
Project Completed : December 2010
Total Funding: $10,000
Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis
Robert’s Bird Sanctuary Restoration Project
Description: Students will visit Robert's Bird Sanctuary to learn about the connections between
water quality, habitat, and the presence or absence of wildlife. Activities will include bird
watching and learning about invasive plants with senior citizens as their guides.
Project Start: April 2010
Project Completed : November 2010
Total Funding: $1,372.75
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Carver County Land & Water Services
Minnewashta Park Raingarden Demonstration
Description: CCLWS will work with Boy Scout Troop 589 to install two raingardens in
Minnewashta Park. The gardens will restore native habitat, reduce stormwater runoff and
improve water quality, and serve as demonstration sites for visitors.
Project Start: January 2010
Project Completed : October 2010
Total Funding: $7,350
City of Shorewood
Shoreline Stabilization Party and Installation
Description: Shorewood will complete a shoreline stabilization project on a residential property,
taking a community-based approach where neighbors will be invited to participate and learn
how to stabilize shorelines. Some participants will receive technical assistance and funding for
their own shoreline projects.
Project Start: April 2010
Project Completed : September 2010
Total Funding: $5,730
Institute on the Environment
The Raingarden Renaissance: A Documentary
Description: Institute on the Environment will coordinate a team of University of Minnesota
students, faculty, and local professionals to produce a film about citizen-based efforts to
improve water quality in Powderhorn Lake. Community screenings will provide multiple
perspectives, increase participation, and promote watershed stewardship.
Project Start: January 2010
Project Completed : December 2012
Key Dates: MCWD Funded portion - December 2010; Film Distribution-December 2011
Total Funding: $11,470
Metro Blooms
Raingarden Education
Description: Metro Blooms will introduce the community to the beauty and benefits of
raingardens through raingarden education programs. Neighborhood raingarden parties provide
education, installation support and incentives to residents in targeted neighborhoods.
Project Start: February 2010
Project Completed : July 2010
Total Funding: $21,000
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Metro Blooms
Neighborhoods of Raingardens
Description: The will develop an ongoing raingarden evaluation and maintenance program
integrated with their successful Garden Evaluation and Recognition program.
Project Start: February 2010
Project Completed : December 2010
Total Funding: $5,500
Minnesota Waters
MCWD Lake/Stream Associations Reach and Engage New Partners
Description: Minnesota Waters will develop community outreach tools which help citizen-led
associations educate area residents about the value their water body brings to the community.
The trainings, resources and template will recruit and engage new community members in their
water quality protection projects.
Project Start: January 2010
Project Completed : December 2010
Total Funding: $16,600
Orono School District #278
Listening Point
Description: Installation of a dock at LISTENING POINT where students and visitors observe,
learn and reflect upon wetlands. The FRESH WATER Festival will celebrate wetland biodiversity
and the Fresh Water Curriculum will allow lifelong awareness, learning, appreciation and
stewardship of wetlands.
Project Start: February 2010
Project Completed : December 2010
Total Funding: $6,000
St. David’s Center for Child & Family Development
Wetland Restoration and Water Quality Stewardship Project
Description: St. David's will extend water quality education to preschool and school age children,
specifically related to the school forest, wetland restoration and water quality stewardship
projects.
Project Start: March 2010
Project Completed : December 2010
Total Funding: $5,200
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Projects Funded Fall 2008
City of Shorewood
Demonstration Raingarden and hands on Workshop
Description: Offer a hands-on opportunity to participate in creating a demonstration rain garden
in Freeman Park. Residents will work with a landscape architect to determine ideal locations on
their property for a garden and will assist creating a garden.
Project Start: April 2009
Project Completed : December 2011
Total Funding: $5,700
Metro Blooms
Neighborhoods of Raingardens
Description: This was the first year of a three-year approach that includes new neighborhood
and youth partnerships and measurable improvements to Powderhorn Lake. In addition to
informational workshops and on-site design services, hands-on construction services will be
provided for clusters of residential properties and faith-based institutions to install 75 rain
gardens in one sub-watershed of Powderhorn Lake.
Project Started: April 2009
Project Completed : December 2009
Total Funding: $15,000
Metro Blooms
Raingarden Workshop
Description: Rain Garden Workshops to educate thousands of residents within the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District about how to protect local water resources by constructing rain
gardens. In 2009 we are seeking partnerships with Hennepin County and the workshop host
cities of Minneapolis, Shorewood, Victoria, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Plymouth, and Hopkins.
Project Start: April 2009
Project Completed : December 2009
Total Funding: $20,000
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Waterosity: Go Green with a Splash
Description: Harvest Your Rain, a permanent demonstration area at the Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum, will present ways to help homeowners 1.) return rainwater to the earth via a green
roof, rain barrels and rain gardens and 2.) reduce the runoff to municipal stormwater systems
from rooftops and paved surfaces on their property.
Project Start: May 2009
Project Completed : December 2011
Total Funding: $30,000
Updated on Thursday, January 24, 2013
St. David's Child Development and Family Services
Wetland Restoration & Water Quality Stewardship Project
Description: The Wetland Restoration and Water Quality Stewardship Project will extend water
quality education to a broader audience of preschool and school-age children, and implement
the next phase of restoration activities through service learning projects.
Project Started: January 2009
Project Completed : December 2009
Total Funds: $8,700
St. Louis Park - Park and Recreation Advisory Commission
Creek in the Park Clean Up and Resource Mapping Project
Description: A Creek Clean up activity that will involve youth and adult volunteers who will walk
both sides of the Minnehaha Creek in St. Louis Park, clearing litter, trash, and other foreign
objects from the banks and bottom of the Creek.
Project Start: February 2009
Project Completed : December 2009
Total Funding: $2,000
Projects Funded Fall 2007
Alliance for Sustainability
2008 Neighborhood Sustainability Conference & Network and Local Government Training
Description: 25 volunteer teams from neighborhoods, congregations, schools & lake groups in
the watershed will plan spring and summer projects and will receive year-round support to carry
out 25 watershed education and restoration projects. 200 metro city staff will study model
ordinances to implement the watershed goals in their comprehensive plans.
Project Started: February 2008
Project Completed: December 2008
Total Funds: $5,000.00
Bachman’s Inc.
Public Displays of Stormwater Best Management Practices
Description: Bachman’s, Inc., will construct the following exhibits at their Lyndale Avenue Garden
Center: Rain Gardens, Permeable Pavers, Rain Barrel, Green Roof, and Aquatic Plants. The purpose is
to educate the public on the problems associated with storm water runoff and what can be done on
a residential scale to mitigate these problems. Each display will be an accurate representation of how
a homeowner can build or install one of these solutions in their own yard and will explain the
benefits of doing so.Bachman's Conserve Water With Beauty Webpage