Two SWCDs in southeastern Minnesota are offering incentives to landowners who plant prairie strips — a relatively new conservation practice — on land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program. Learn more in this #MnBWSR Snapshots article: buff.ly/4bLqayM

Did you know Minnesota has a plan to address and prepare for the impacts of climate change? The Climate Action Framework identifies actions we can take to make our communities more resilient in the face of a changing climate. Learn more: buff.ly/3JcEq5T Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

“The PRAP grant is a tremendous tool to help improve foundational pieces of an SWCD, or any other organization.' — Andy Albertsen, Swift County SWCD district manager

Learn about PRAP grants in this #MnBWSR Snapshot article: buff.ly/4bO0RvZ

NEWS RELEASE: Funding available to Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Districts for Soil Health Delivery
Deadline: July 2
Details: buff.ly/4aTsZx7
#soilhealth #conservation #covercrops #rotationalgrazing #notill #striptill

Reminder: #MnBWSR offices are closed today to observe #MemorialDay

#MnBWSR offices will be closed on Monday, May 27 to observe Memorial Day.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY: #MnBWSR is seeking a St. Paul-based, telework-eligible senior financial analyst. Join the agency whose mission is to improve and protect Minnesota’s land and water resources. Deadline: 5/23/24 Details: buff.ly/3My3Ld8 #finance #accounting

We're marking #AmericanWetlandsMonth by revisiting this #MnBWSR Snapshots story from March about the Minnesota Wetland Professional Certification Program: buff.ly/3TLDtcs #wetlands #wetlandrestoration #wetlandbanking #WetlandConservationAct

CAREER OPPORTUNITY: #MnBWSR is seeking a water programs coordinator based at any of our nine locations throughout MN. Join the agency whose mission is to improve and protect Minnesota’s land and water resources. Deadline: 5/24/24 Details: buff.ly/3My3Ld8

At Bone Lake today, learning about Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District’s #CleanWaterFund backed work with landowners and partners that contributed to its removal this spring from the state impaired waters list. #lakes #water #water shed

Deadline-driven gardeners! Wednesday, 5/15/24, is the deadline for Minnesota residents to apply for #LawnsToLegumes $ to support fall 2024 residential #pollinator #habitat projects. Applied previously? You’ll need to reapply via Blue Thumb’s website: buff.ly/3AII7hC

This weekend’s Minnesota #FishingOpener prompts sharing a #CleanWaterFund article about Fish Lake’s removal from the impaired waters list, which the EPA made official April 25: buff.ly/44Dqayz #lakes #fish ing #fish #water

This weekend's Minnesota #FishingOpener prompts sharing a #CleanWaterFund article about the Isanti #SWCD -led work to preserve Blue Lake’s #WaterQuality : buff.ly/3UElq70 #lakes #water #fishing

CAREER OPPORTUNITY: #MnBWSR is seeking a St. Paul-based, telework-eligible senior financial analyst. Join the agency whose mission is to improve and protect Minnesota’s land and water resources. Deadline: 5/23/24 Details: buff.ly/3My3Ld8 #finance #accounting

WE'RE HIRING! 2 board conservationists (Mankato, Rochester), 5/22 deadline; 1 grants compliance specialist (Mankato or Rochester), 5/21 deadline; 1 water programs coordinator (any of #MnBWSR 's 9 offices), 5/29 deadline. All are hybrid-eligible. Details: buff.ly/3My3Ld8

BWSR staff members attending American Indian Day on the Hill today at the Minnesota State Capitol were L-R, top: Craig Engwall, Andrea Fish, John Jaschke, Michelle Jordan, Mike Nelson; middle + front: Suzanne Rhees, Melissa King, Annie Felix-Gerth, Justin Hanson, Jennifer Dullum.

Deadline reminder: Minnesota residents have until 5/15 to apply for #LawnsToLegumes grants, up to $400 reimbursed for costs RE: est. new #pollinator habitat. Applied before? Reapply to be considered for fall 2024. Details: buff.ly/4bnLvik
Apply: buff.ly/3AII7hC

For #NACD StewardshipWeek , which promotes conservation of natural resources, + its theme — May the Forest Be With You, Always — we’re revisiting Morrison #SWCD ’s partnership w/ #NRCS , focused on forested lands around #CampRipley .
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#forestry #trees #NACD