Updates & Stories

Buckthorn Battle at the Pennington County Sportsmen’s Club

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD Clockwise from bottom right: Mark, Thomas, Shane, and Noelle from the Superior Crew. Read More

The Tallgrass Aspen Parklands: Minnesota’s Fourth Biome

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD   Map republished with permission from MN DNR. Minnesota is world famous… Read More

Pivotal Pollinators

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD   Hummingbirds are prolific pollinators. Photo © Lake Hiawatha, some rights reserved… Read More

When It Rains, It Pours

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD   Estimated rainfall totals for June 16-24, 2024. (Photo credit: The National… Read More

The Legacy of Lake Agassiz

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD   The estimated maximum size of Lake Agassiz. (Map from Mahnomen County)… Read More

Migration Season at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD   Photo by Kyle Dahlquist. As the weather warms and the days… Read More

A Day in the Life at an SWCD

By Kyle Dahlquist, Clean Water Corpsmember / AmeriCorps Member placed at Pennington SWCD   My first foray into conservation began in the Fall… Read More