BRAINERD — The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District is requesting public comments from Pine River watershed residents on an amendment to the watershed plan by 5 p.m. Thursday, June 5.
The amendment updates the goals of the Pine River One Watershed One Plan five years after the 10-year plan began. Many of the goals are simplification of the originals. Some have also been reworked because the original goal was not measurable.
The Pine River Watershed supplies drinking water to 15 million people from St. Cloud to Illinois and includes over 500 lakes.
It stretches from southwest of Hackensack to its outlet at the Mississippi north of Crosby and north of Aitkin and includes Backus, Pine River, Breezy Point and Crosslake.
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Plus: Greenway community fund grows; and October is "Leave the Leaves" month. -
The Blandin Foundation announced a $250,000 grant for the Greenway Community Fund on Oct. 21, 2026. The Greenway area covers 10 small cities and townships on the western side of Minnesota's Iron Range. -
The National Wildlife Federation recognizes October as "Leave the Leaves Month," when homeowners are encouraged to move some of the leaves they have cleared into garden beds.
