Join the Pelican Lake Association of St. Anna for their Annual Fundraiser and an evening of fun and good food.

Dinner with cash raffle, silent auction, door prizes and meat raffle

Friday, February 3, 2012 6:00 TO 10:00 PM at the Landing, 18527 Cty Rd 154, Avon, MN 56310

For tickets contact Joe Lang at 320-356-7700.  This event is open to the public

Thursday, February 2, 2012
Location: College of St. Benedict – Gorecki Conference Center

Who Should Attend?

• Shoreland Contractors & Excavators
• Developers
• Shoreland Property Owners
• Landscapers and Landscape Designers
• Architects and Engineers
• Home Builders & Designers
• Local Government Officials

This workshop is sponsored by:

Too Much Salt?

Did you know...

Many metro area lakes and streams have been  classified as polluted by road salt?

Join us for this free discussion:

• How salt affects our waters
• What cities and contractors can do and are doing to help
• How home owners can reduce     their impact

What: Changing Our Waters With Salt

When: Wednesday,  February 1st 2012,  6:15-7:30pm

Living Downstream - Documentary Film

Thursday, January 19th

6:30-8:30 pm   (film showing at 6:30 followed by panel discussion and

questions/answer)

EPA Water Quality Lab, 6201 Congdon Blvd., Duluth, MN

Panel members confirmed include:

When: January 18, 2012
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Where: Edinburgh USA Golf Course
             8700 Edinbrook Crossing
             Brooklyn Park, MN 55443

Thursday, November 17, 2011 — 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul

How is water quality changing in the Upper Mississippi River? Why is Lake Pepin filling in? And what can we do about it? This special City of Saint Paul-sponsored presentation to learn the answers to these questions.

http://www.fmr.org/participate/events/dirt_on_sediment_pollution_2011-11-17

Thursday, November 17, 2011, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. Free. All are invited.

Held at the MN Pollution Control Agency, 7678 College Road, Suite 105, Baxter/Brainerd

Speaker: Jeff Hrubes, Clean Water Specialist, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources

The Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District is going to be hosting a workshop about raingardens and how they work to protect water quality in our water bodies. This workshop is open to all residents of the watershed, and we are interested in getting the word about this opportunity out especially to everyone on the local lakes.

The workshop will be held on Thursday November 17^th from 6:30 to 7:30pm at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center.

Its time again for the Metro Summit for Lake and River groups! Join us for this excellent opportunity to hear about the successes and challenges from various citizen groups and network with lake and river representatives from around the metro area. The evening includes a panel discussion on successes and challenges that area groups have faced in aquatic invasive management and shoreline restoration.