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 Habitat
Action: Why Does Native Habitat Matter? Native habitat can prevent
erosion, slow runoff, and promote infiltration of runoff into the ground.
Native plantings also increase biodiversity as they beautify landscaping
and improve property values. How much native habitat is left from the
time before European settlement? What can you do to restore native habitat?
Go to the Habitat
Action service-learning project page. Also, take a look at our Habitat
Action Fact Sheet.
Garbage River and Trash Can Lake
Sure trash is ugly, but how does it hurt fish and other wildlife? What
items do people throw away most these days? Go to the Clean
Up Trash service-learning project page.
Pollution Pipe: Street to Stream
When pollutants spill into the street, where do they go? What are the
most important pollutants? Go to the Stencil
Storm Drains service-learning project page.
Phosphorus and the Green Scum
Since phosphorus is a necessary nutrient for plants and animals, why is
it the most closely watched pollutant in many Minnesota lakes? Go to the
Test Soil for Nutrient Content service-learning
project page and/or the Compost Leaves
and Grass service-learning project page.
 Naked
Dirt: Erosion
What are the most effective ways to reduce erosion? Do native grasses
protect water quality better than typical lawn grasses? Go to the Habitat
Action service-learning project page.
Water Pollution: Getting Better?
Are our rivers getting cleaner or more dirty? How have different uses
of the land impacted lakes and rivers in the past 100 years? Go to the
Educate the Public service-learning
project page.
 What
Anyone Can Do to Prevent Pollution - For a one-page hand-out listing
fourteen simple things anyone can do to protect water quality, see "The
Solution to Pollution Is in Our Hands," (on page 4) in the Pollution Prevention
Project Guide. Go to the Educate
the Public service-learning project page.
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 Additional
fact sheets on water quality may be found at the WaterShed
Partners Resources page.
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