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Photos by MARIA ELENA BACA - rnbaca@startribune_com <br />Native plants thrive in Gustafson"s shoreline garden near a sculpture site recently received for her birthday_ <br />� Safer water can start in back yard <br />-f GARDEN FROM AA1 <br />The model the district uses to estimate <br />lake contamination has Locke Lake, at the <br />southern end of Rice Creek, at U5 micro- <br />grams of phosphorous per liter of lake wa- <br />ter, compared to Turtle Lake, not part of <br />the Rice Creek chain, <br />- ; which is estimated at <br />I <br />_ 21 micrograms per li- <br />ter, according to Matt <br />Kocian, take and <br />t stream specialist for <br />�i <br />s= the district_ Ile en- <br />:= < tire Rice Creek wa- <br />tershed drains <br />in- <br />to Locke Lake, while <br />the `hurtle Lake wa- <br />Dawn Gustafson tershed is only a fear <br />square miles, he said. <br />Excess nutrients in the water lead to <br />a domino effect of harm to lake ecolo- <br />gy. Phosphorous leads to algae blooms, <br />which can lead to temperature changes <br />in the water and block sunlight to native <br />aquatic plants. And the bacterial depletion <br />of oxygen that comes when algae die can <br />kill fish .and insects, he said. <br />Pape's outreach program, Blue Thumb <br />Planting for Clean Water, helps homeown- <br />ers and gardeners, through its website and <br />Prairie Smoke is just hushing its bloommi g <br />season. <br />live workshops, to choose and place native <br />plants to falter rainwater and prevent ero- <br />sion. Blue Thumb will partially fund some <br />projects. This year, the district had $22,500 <br />each for projects in Anoka, Ramsey and <br />Washington counties. Future funding will <br />depend on residents' demand_ <br />Since its inception four years ago, Blue <br />Thumb has garnered 46 public, private and <br />nonprofit partners. Since February, it has <br />sponsored at least 45 workshops, educat- <br />ing thousands of people about preserving <br />clean water through mindful gardening. <br />Visits to the website, wwwbluethumb.org, <br />have doubled since this time last year. <br />"This program has just taken off like a <br />BLUE THUMB PLANTING <br />FOR CLEAN NATER <br />For more information, go to <br />www.bluethu-mb.org. Grants are ad- <br />ministered by county conservation <br />districts. <br />other watershed districts <br />may offer dean -water gardening <br />grants. For help finding a district, <br />go to www-cleanwaten- n.org or <br />www. mnwatershed_org_ <br />prairie fare," nape said_ "it's wonderful that <br />people are seeing the value in it." <br />Pape looked across Gustafson's garden_ <br />"If everyone did this we would have such <br />better water quality," she said_ <br />During last summer's drought, Cus- <br />tafson's garden bloomed while the lawn <br />died. Although her planning, planting <br />and maintenance four seasons ago were <br />intense, she said now the established ar- <br />eas need tittle upkeep. She only has to do <br />a .spring cut-back and weed out seedlings <br />from a nearby tree. <br />"It would be truly no maintenance if I <br />didn't keep adding to it," she said, laughing. <br />Maria Elena Baca - 612-573-4409 <br />an` <br />to S <br />ably <br />By Ni. <br />smeU <br />In <br />dete <br />the <br />Cord- <br />look <br />ordlook <br />land <br />fuse <br />the 1 <br />face, <br />of tl <br />er, t <br />wan <br />the <br />aggf <br />It <br />id <br />cor( <br />sior <br />rag( <br />all <br />tho: <br />rue( <br />con <br />f <br />its <br />WW <br />Voll <br />26 <br />ily <br />tali <br />201 <br />E: <br />A <br />A <br />A <br />Il <br />M <br />th(- <br />rni <br />24 <br />er! <br />lic <br />
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