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~_ I / __ ~ -i ~' !%/ ~- o `eoo J ~~ ,_ by Susan Scribner Most of us wouldn't mind celebrating our 30th Birthday especially knowing what we know now. The Riley Purga- tory Bluff Creek Watershed District is ready for the new century and also wants to celebrate 30 years of accom- plishments. The MAWD Summer Tour will focus on the RPBC-WD growth and change, with special emphasis on how we collaborate with state and local govern- ments, and promote education through our citizens advisory committee. From the beginning the RPBC-WD has been a region on the edge of change from rural, and agricultural land use to full and complete development. vetoes, MAWD was successful in many of it's initiatives. Ray Bohn and I want to express our sincere thank you to all who helped make this a success- ful year. We know at times that it may be difficult for you to get away to come to the capitol, but your presence and participation has been a vital part of our success over the years. I especially want to thank those who attended this year's Legislative Break- fast. The impression you left with your legislative members was very helpful in shaping our success. Don't forget to mark your calendar for the MAWD Annual Meeting on December 2-4, 1999. We are working on again expanding our educational efforts and should have more to report to you in our next newsletter. ~_~~~ __ , ,, ~`~+ -, ,~ If ~, ~--.~ ~i II,_III1 ~~ ~~' ~,- ~''' ~r- ~_ ~~--~~ -~ ,~_ - _ ,i ~_ !,i li-~' ~~ ~i-1) J -~ ~_'i !- '-%i I ,~ ~fi In its thirty year "lifetime" the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District has had the good fortune to Learn from and "grow up" with many supporters including citizens, cities, counties agencies and the state. As a member of the Board of Mangers of Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Water- shed District, I believe we have a story to tell and hope all of the MAWD Members will plan to attend. We've just finished another hectic legislative session and I'm glad to report that even with the governor's Published by es®t~ Ass®eialt~®n ®f atersed istricts Editorial Office: 3848 Westbury Drive St. Paul, MN 55123-2080 Phone: 651-452-8506 Fax: 651-686-8679 E-mail: raybohnmga@aol.com www. mnwatershed.org Ray Bohn: Administrator & Editor Hope to see you on June 24th in Bloomington! HOSTED BY RILEY PURGATORY BLUFF CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT, 30 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR! ®~,~ r®~ect Dears ~a~cusi~n The MAWD/LCMR study is into its last days and will come to an end on June 30th. In addition to the video, the signs of success training and the database of water quality projects statewide, we will have two project reports available for distribution around the middle of June. The first is a twenty page condensed report on the project results. This colorful smaller report will be mailed out to all watershed organizations. It will also be made available on the MAWD website and at the MAWD Summer Tour. The second larger report (approximately 150 pages) contains all the detailed project results including case studies of the states most successful watershed organiza- tions, a database of water quality projects undertaken across the state and the organizations that have undertaken them. We will be presenting the project findings at the MAWD annual meeting in December. In addition, our work will live on through Project Manager Kathy Draeger who received a Bush Fellowship to further study project findings and compare watershed efforts in this state with others worldwide. Thanks to all again for your participa- tion in, and support for, this project. It has been a real pleasure to work with you. Environmental Ground, Inc. Ph: 651-224-8488 Fax: 651-222-5802