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r <br />Letter From District President Roger Lake <br />- i r r lif r <br />_ , <br />- s <br />Water is one of our most precious natural resources, and the Ramsey-Washington~Metro Watershed <br />District works-hard to protect and imp-rove our water-related environment. <br />Entrusted with unique management, regulatory and financial powers not available to other units of <br />government, the District works across city boundaries to ensure that local natural <br />,..~..~_ White Bear <br />resource management-decisions consider the impacts on the-entire water- - =. ;_~ke Lake <br />shed. adnais rtert~hts , <br />.~ <br /> <br />The District works to'#tilfill its mission with multi-faceted programs aimed at <br />hi <br />i tittle Canada ~ v <br />.- <br />_~` ~ <br />~ <br />` <br />ac <br />ev <br />ng the healthy environment and clean water our citizens expect and ~~~~ <br />~ _ <br /> <br />de <br />v <br />I <br />2002 <br />ff <br />rt <br />d <br />i <br />l <br />n <br />_. , <br />"~~ ~` <br />. <br />ser <br />e. <br />n <br />our e <br />o <br />s garnere <br />nat <br />ona <br />recognition whe <br />the United _ s Pa t <br />States Environmental. Protection Agency presented the District with the Clean ~;:~, , ~ <br />Water Partners for the 21st Century Award.. ~ ~~. <br /> <br />We received the award for our actionsto protect our watershed beyond the require- ~. ~ ~. <br />~ Z- <br /> ' <br />ments of the Clean Water Act. In the pages of this annual.report there are highlights of StFaul <br />" <br />y~y~.,...~r~,. <br /> <br />the projects that generated this national attention -from our water quality assessments , <br />~~=~7~ <br />, <br />to our education programs, activities to improve habitat; and our efforts to~ensure that ne <br />w , <br />'`~'~~~ <br />parking lots and other developments do not harm the health of our watershed. J <br />As you read through this report please feel free to contact us or check our website - ~; <br />' <br />. <br />www.rwmwd.org - if you"would like more information. And remember, we all five in a ~~~ <br />,~~ry <br />- ' <br />watershed and our own actions can have a big impact on local water qualityl ? <br />s-~ ~. <br />`~; <br />-~ ~~ ~ <br />~~ <br />~~.~~ ~ Assess~rfg"the Health of oul Lakes and Wetlancls~ ~ ~~k=~: <br />Managing Our ~latural Resoureos acid habitat <br />~y._ _ .. _ ..~r <br />-~ ~ Edclcationand~Pitblic Involvement ~' ~~~ <br />~ ~~ - r~ <br />- Shaping Developn~er~tto Protect our Water <br />- ~" ~~ N~F~nancr~l Inft~rmatiion ..... ........ ....:... ~ :~ ~, ~-.~~~ <br />~ _ ; _ _ ~ _ <br />~~~ ~ ~°`~ ~ ~~ x <br />~~3~. <br />`_. . <br />~3-9 _ <br />~ F <br />.~~~. <br />~~~~~ <br />~. <br />~~~ ~n <br /> <br />u <br />~= <br />-'~~ <br />~~ <br />-r ~ ~z~; ' <br />-~ i <br />