⁠49 | Making a Difference for Water (Chisago County, MN)⁠

The Watershed is a podcast of We Are Water MN. In this episode, Jill Behnke shares stories of community members coming together for water protection. Mayor of Center City and member of the Chisago Lake Improvement District board of directors, Jill Behnke's varied experiences illustrate local collaboration for the common good. This episode also delves into rain gardens and their connection to clean water. You can learn more about We Are Water MN at www.mnhum.org/water. The We Are Water MN exhibit will be hosted in Chisago County from June 20 through August 12, 2024. The main exhibit will be at the North Branch Area Library, with additional indoor exhibits on view at the Chisago County History Center. Lindstrom Memorial Park will have an outdoor display. After Chisago County, the exhibit will move to Cass Lake (Leech Lake Tribal College), and Shakopee (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community). Learn more about Chisago County’s hosting of the exhibit, plus related events, at https://www.chisagocountymn.gov/1349/We-Are-Water-MN-Exhibit---June-20-to-Aug. This episode of the Watershed was produced by Angela Hugunin, and by We Are Water MN, which is led by the Minnesota Humanities Center in partnership with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; the Minnesota Historical Society; the Board of Water and Soil Resources; the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources; and University of Minnesota Extension. We are Water MN is funded in part with money from the Clean Water, Land, & Legacy Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 and by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special thanks to Emma Needham, who conducted our interviews in Chisago County. Thank you to Jill Behnke, our interviewee for this episode. You can find We Are Water MN on Facebook (⁠https://www.facebook.com/wearewatermn/⁠), Instagram (⁠https://www.instagram.com/wearewatermn/⁠), and Twitter (⁠https://twitter.com/wearewatermn⁠). Follow along for the latest updates! Music credits: These Times, Homegrown, and Simple Melody by Blue Dot Sessions (⁠www.sessions.blue⁠).  Other resources mentioned in this episode: Lawns to Legumes info and application: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l University of Minnesota Extension information on rain gardens: https://extension.umn.edu/landscape-design/rain-gardens Blue Thumb rain garden resources: https://bluethumb.org/raingardens/ Adopt A Drain: https://mn.adopt-a-drain.org/