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The good, the bad, and the algae: Aquatic plants can be helpful or harmful

Experts explain the different kinds of algae that river users might see on the St. Croix.

Slowing down summer

Floating the upper river, time moves at the pace of late summer’s current.

High-speed driving course proposed next to Kinnickinnic River

Developer faces stiff opposition at first meeting about plans for five-mile performance car track in River Falls.


Interconnections are explored in exhibition traveling throughout the St. Croix Valley

Published: August 11, 2022

Mobile Art Gallery is connecting communities with the arts from Taylor’s Falls to Prescott.

New sheriff patrol boats coming to river with federal funding

Published: August 11, 2022

Congressional appropriation lets Washington County purchase new boats to work lower St. Croix River.

Petition to protect Osceola park from new bridge receives 5,000 signatures

Published: August 11, 2022

Citizen effort seeks to prevent one of the possible designs that would have big impacts on beloved area.

Afton State Park phenology, August 5 to 11

Published: August 5, 2022

The days are getting shorter and animals are starting to migrate.

Rural community rebuffs challenge to livestock rules

Published: August 5, 2022

Wisconsin town’s supervisors reject industry claims and retains legal counsel.

Neglected livestock siting rules frustrate farmers, local governments, environmental groups alike

Published: August 5, 2022

The rules for locating livestock operations in Wisconsin haven’t been updated in 16 years, frustrating both farmers and conservationists.

Grants available for water, environmental, and public safety projects in Stillwater area

Published: July 29, 2022

Community foundation accepting applications to fund health and safety programs.

Afton State Park phenology, July 29 to August 4

Published: July 29, 2022

Young animals are starting to appear, while late summer sets in with everything from flowers to dragonflies.

St. Croix Valley farmers launch initiative to promote local food and agriculture

Published: July 29, 2022

Event on August 10 in Osceola will celebrate new coalition seeking to build community among growers and consumers.

Sand barrens in bloom

Published: July 22, 2022

Botanists have been busy documenting hundreds of plant species found in unique area along upper St. Croix.

Follow in famous outdoors writer’s footsteps through St. Croix headwaters

Published: July 15, 2022

Annual tour offered of area where Gordon MacQuarrie hunted, fished, and wrote.

New nature center near Hudson immerses visitors in St. Croix Valley’s natural wonders

Published: July 15, 2022

Minnesota’s Carpenter Nature Center opens visitor center and trails at site across the river.

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