The Anoka Conservation District is accepting preorders for the annual Tree and Shrub Sale. The District offers a wide variety of native stock, including black cherry trees, mixed oak trees, red maple trees, and white pine trees. The trees and shrubs are sold in bare root seedlings or transplants and most are 10″ to 24″ in height. They […]
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2016-2017 Home school program is open for registration
September 11th, 2016 
knowtheflow The Anoka County Parks and Recreation Home School Program begins in October. Wargo Nature Center’s professional naturalists provide quality environmental, recreational and natural history programs. Program sessions are designed 1st through 12th grades. For 1st and 2nd grade with separate sessions for 3rd through 5th and 6th through 12th grades. Two-hours sessions will be held the third Thursday of […]
Dump water-holding containers to reduce mosquito-borne illnesses
April 18th, 2016 knowtheflow Water makes all life possible. Don’t make life easy for mosquitos and the illnesses they spread. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) encourage everyone to remove from their property any small water-holding containers that could fill with rainwater this spring and be used as breeding areas by mosquitoes. “When […]
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Order trees & shrubs
January 4th, 2016 knowtheflow The Anoka Conservation District is excepting preorders for the annual Tree and Shrub Sale. The District offers a wide variety of native stock, including black cherry trees, mixed oak trees, red maple trees, and white pine trees. The trees and shrubs are sold in bare root seedlings or transplants and most are 10″ to 24″ in height. They […]
Coon Rapids fighting pollution with rain gardens
October 29th, 2015 knowtheflow In the City of Coon Rapids, 18 curb-cut rain gardens will be installed this fall. The rain gardens will be evenly distributed between two neighborhoods that contribute runoff (water drainage from roofs, driveways, roads, sidewalks, etc) into Woodcrest Creek and Sand Creek that flow into the Mississippi River. The neighborhoods were identified as the most […]
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Check the safety of your home/cabin well during Well Water Wise week
May 2nd, 2015 knowtheflow The Anoka County Community Health and Environmental Services (CHES) Department, in cooperation with 15 municipalities and county agencies, is sponsoring the 16th annual “Well Water Wise” (3W) promotion May 4-8, 2015 to encourage residents to check the safety of their private well water. For information on private well testing go to the Anoka County Environmental […]
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Fishing and learning at the 2015 Kids Fishing Clinic
May 2nd, 2015 knowtheflow The Kids Fishing Clinic (May 2, 2015) brought “schools” of kids down to the Coon Rapids Dam Park to experience the joy and wonders of fishing. Kids learned to tie knots and cast from the shore. But to be a good fisher you have to know your fish and protect the waters that are their […]
THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW YOUR DRINKING WATER IS SAFE IS TO TEST IT
January 19th, 2011 knowtheflow IF YOUR WATER COMES FROM YOUR HOME WELL – TEST ANNUALLY FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA AND NITRATE NITROGEN… AND CHECK THE LEVELS OF ARSENIC, LEAD AND MANGANESE IN YOUR DRINKING WATER.
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50 YEARS OF SHORELAND MANAGEMENT IN ANOKA COUNTY
January 19th, 2011 knowtheflow WATERBODIES ARE CLASSIFIED ON SIZE AND SENSITIVITY TO DEVELOPMENT. SHORELAND STANDARDS GUIDE LANDOWNERS IN MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF WATER. ANOKA COUNTY CITIES AND TOWNSHIPS ADMINISTER SHORELAND MANAGEMENT.
LOANS AVAILABLE FOR WELL AND SEPTIC FIX-UPS – CALL 763-324-4605
January 15th, 2011 knowtheflow ANOKA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS LOW-INTEREST LOANS TO REPAIR OR REPLACE SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND PRIVATE WELLS (PROTECTING WATER QUALITY). CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION. *SEALING ABANDONED WELLS QUALIFIES FOR A LOAN.
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