BY MIKE BROOKS Planning and improving our communities to ensure people of all ages and abilities can safely walk and bike is a proven common…
BY DENNIS LINDEKE We installed two rain gardens in our front yard in 2010. There is the beautiful “sunny” garden and the fern dominated “shady”…
Every day it seems there’s a new report out about the benefits to mind and body of fresh air and exercise. For students, a perfect…
By Jeanne Zlonis The tree planting on the new Wildwood Natural Playground is now complete! Seven beautiful Black Hills spruce trees were installed in October,…
By Paul Steinhauser Race 2 Reduce, the White Bear Lake area’s premier water conservation program, is pleased to announce that Sarah Alexander has been hired to…
It was an exciting September for one of the Twin Cities’ premier chimney swift colonies, located right in our backyard at Mahtomedi High School. Chimney swifts…
By Dennis Lindeke The summer of 2015 was a fantastic one for bluebirds along the Gateway Trail. A total of 62 of these beautiful birds…
Mahtomedi High School senior Heidi Ledermann was presented with the Mahtomedi Area Green Initiative Environmental Leadership Award at the school’s annual awards ceremony May 13….
Summer is here. Can your next adventure on the Gateway Browns Creek Trail be far behind? If you’re familiar with the trail, we hope you’ve already…
Heard the term “solar garden” but not sure what it’s all about or whether it might be right for you? Here’s a great chance to…