Employment Opportunity - The Cannon River Watershed Partnership located in Northfield, Minnesota is seeking a qualified individual to serve as the Water Monitoring Program Coordinator. This is a full-time, permanent position. All applications must be in by December 5, 2008. Review the job announcement here.

November 7, 2008 - We are happy to announce Beth Kallestad as the new CRWP Executive Director. Beth has been CRWP’s watershed analyst for over three years and will begin her new position as Executive Director on November 10th. Beth is the eighth director of our organization, filling the position after Dave Legvold retired in late October.

Read Katy Gillispie's, CRWP Board Chair, announcement here.

The Cannon River Watershed Partnership is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, member-funded organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the surface and ground water resources and natural systems of the Cannon River Watershed.

The Cannon River Watershed drains 1,460 square miles of land in southeastern Minnesota. The main waterways, the Cannon and Straight Rivers, run continuously for nearly 150 miles east to the Mississippi River. The region varies from bluffs in the east to lakes in the west, with the vast majority of the land used for agriculture. Major population centers include Red Wing, Owatonna, Faribault, and Northfield.

Beth Kallestad, CRWP's eighth
Executive Director, taken 11/10/08.