We have great news regarding the natural playground project at Wildwood School! Mahtomedi Schools signed a contract in February with Natural Playgrounds Company to construct…
Days are numbered for Katherine Abbott Park’s abundant supply of invasive buckthorn, thanks to Great River Greening – and you! A local nonprofit organization that has…
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 – PLEASE SEE UPDATE AT THE END OF THIS POST Hills, a rock scramble, a climbing wall, and a fort! This and…
Due to a rapid increase in the use of hydraulic fracturing (aka “fracking) in domestic oil and gas production, the pure silica sand used in…
By Michael Hermann With the water level of White Bear Lake still floundering and reaching an all-time low in the summer of 2013, many local…
By Jeff Ledermann “Don’t stop the car,” pleaded my oldest daughter, Katie, as we drove around yet another college campus. At the time we were…
By Kristi Loobek Minnesota’s climate is anything but mild—from toasty hot summers to bitterly cold winters. To help save on your home’s energy and water…
The Mahtomedi Area’s new Wildwood Elementary School building features a number of environmentally friendly features, including natural lighting and a solar thermal wall. Here, Mahtomedi Schools…
BY EMILY HAYNE As the Mahtomedi Community Garden education intern I work with a number of master gardeners as well as beginning gardeners throughout the…
Congratulations to the Mahtomedi High School Eco Club, which received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s President’s Environmental Youth Award in June. The club was recognized…