EPA grant to fund pilot stewardship program

In 1965, Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson first introduced legislation co-sponsored by Minnesota Sen. Walter Mondale to protect the St. Croix and Namekagon rivers as a National Scenic Waterway. ..

Mueller hired as project manager

One of the first hires to implement the new program was Patty Mueller, a Hudson High School science teacher with 30 years experience working as an environmental educator, administrator and naturalist...

...“One of our goals is to increase the awareness of the watershed and of this program through the implementation of individual projects, community by community. As part of creating their capstone project, a steward will need to enlist the support of three to 10 other people from the community to work on that project. The projects are meant to encourage others to adopt the environmental stewardship ethic and become stewards themselves,” Mueller said....

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