By Taylor Templer Volunteers from across Minnesota are needed on Saturday, August 17th to participate in a statewide search for starry stonewort, one of Minnesota’s newest aquatic invasive species. Hundreds of volunteers will gather at local training sites statewide to learn how to identify starry stonewort and other aquatic invasive species and search for them in area lakes. Starry
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Water is Life Workshop
By Taylor Templer 20 students and teachers from Youth Eco Solutions (YES!) teams at Royalton and ROCORI participated in the recent Water Is Life workshop at St. John’s University on March 21st. This workshop allowed students to connect with experts and gain information on water quality to position them for success as they excel in team-based projects this school year. Phil Votruba, Kara
“From Pond to Prairie” Winter Workshop
By Sophie Bishop How is water and land impacted by human activity? How are these problems escalated closer to agriculture and/or urbanization? The New Prague YES! team, the members of which come from both agricultural and urban areas, were wondering the same things. They wanted to know how their team can help bodies of water near New Prague and how we can bring back prairie lands. Jeremy and