Collaboration makes rare mile-long stream restoration opportunity a reality
March 20, 2025
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Sean Collins and John Smyth tell American Public Works Association how work on the South Fork Rush Creek improves water quality and the ecosystem
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When nearly 150 acres bracketing a mile-long stretch of the South Fork Rush Creek came up for development within the Maple Grove, Minneapolis suburb, City officials seized the rare opportunity to develop a massive environmental project with a farm field being turned into a neighborhood of single-family and attached family homes.
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