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Five Things
You Can Do to Protect Your River
1. Be River Friendly:
Keep new construction away from the river.
- Keep a natural buffer of plants between the shoreline and
your house.
- Keep your landscape natural: don't fill wetlands, remove ice
ridges, or change the topography.
- Contact your soil and water conservation district for information
and assistance.
2. Cleanup up your river's shoreline.
Contact Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Adopt a River
at 1-800-766-6000.
3. Learn how people have used
the river over time. Contact the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources state parks, Minnesota
Historical Society or your county historical society.
4. Learn what fish, animals,
birds, reptiles and amphibians live within your river. Contact the
DNR's Natural Heritage Program, read Janine Benyus' Northwoods Wildlife,
or other guides to wildlife.
5. Start a monitoring project
on your river.
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