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        CASE STUDIES VIDEOS

        Beaver Creek Water Quality Success Story Overview)  Beaver Creek Water Quality Success Story Overview (5:41 minutes)
         

        MEET THE EXPERT
        Tom Kalahar - Renville Soil and Water Conservation District          Tom Kalahar – Renville Soil and Water Conservation District

         



         

        FACT SHEETS
        Beaver Creek Overview (pdf)
        Beaver Creek Q&A         (pdf)

        FEATURES & MEDIA
        360 Virtual Tour - Beaver Creek & Minnesota River

        MEET THE EXPERTS
        Tom Kalahar - Renville Soil and Water Conservation District

        Cory Netland - Coordinator, Hawk Creek Watershed Project

        RESOURCES
        Beaver Creek Watershed Case Study (pdf)
        Effects of Agricultural Land Retirement in the Minnesota River Basin Study (USGS web link)
        Hawk Creek Watershed Project (web link)
        Renville County Soil and Water Conservation District (web link)

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        189 Trafton Science Center S, Mankato, MN 56001 | Phone: (507) 389-5492 | FAX: (507) 389-5493 | Email: mrbdc@mnsu.edu
         
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