1,000 Visitors!

Posted December 30, 2008 - Site Meter, the company that monitors usage of our website, reports that over 1,000 visitors have come to the website since its revision in early October! On Sunday, December 28th, we officially had 1,000 unique visitors! Thanks to all of you who stopped by for a visit!

Hope and Meriden are straight-pipe free!

Posted December 23, 2008 - In November, the communities of Hope and Meriden officially switched on their new municipal wastewater systems. This eliminates two more sources of E. coli in the Cannon River watershed. Congratulations on a job well done! Take a look at the work done here.

It's COLD in the Watershed!

Posted December 15, 2008 - Be careful outside in these cold days; low temperatures and high winds can cause frostbite very quickly. Click here for more information, including a useful wind chill chart, from the National Weather Service.

CRWP Newsletter, the Watershed Watcher, now available online!

Posted December 8, 2008 - Click here or on the link beneath the left menu to view the current and previous copies of the Watershed Watcher, CRWP's bi-monthly newsletter. Enjoy!

CRWP Has a New Executive Director

Posted 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.

News last updated December 30, 2008.

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.

CRWP office from Eaves Avenue; photo taken 1/2/09.