Join us for a frightfully fun seed collection event! Stop by the Carver County Government Center on Monday, October 12th anytime between 4:30 - 7 pm to learn about native plants and how to safely and responsibly collect seeds. Take home whatever you collect and watch how your native garden grows! All ages are welcome at this family-friendly event. Costumes encouraged!

RPBCWD is developing a HOA Stormwater Management Education program overviewing common stormwater best management practices, their specific benefits, maintenance requirements, and the role HOAs can play in protecting clean water. To help us reach as many HOAs within the district as we can, submit your HOA with the form on this page.

For the first time in watershed district history, two watershed districts are going head-to-head in the Grate Drain Race! From August 1st through November 30th, RPBCWD and our neighboring watershed Nine Mile Creek Watershed District are competing to see which community can adopt and clean the most storm drains and make the biggest impact. Help us clean our way to victory for a chance to win exciting prizes.

Last chance to see your photos in our 2027 wall calendar! We've extended the deadline through this weekend, October 4th. Show us your best photographs that feature our lakes, streams, parks, wildlife, plants, recreation, or anything else outdoors that inspires you!

The Stewardship Cost Share Program offers financial support and resources for clean water projects within the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District. The program is broken down into two programs: the Standard Cost Share program covers large projects such as habitat restorations, shoreline restorations, waterbody buffers, and stormwater best management practices, while the Mini-Cost Share program is for residents looking to install a small native plant project in their yard such as a pocket prairie, pollinator garden, or native shrub/tree planting.

STEM on Tap is a monthly workshop series that connects STEM teachers with practitioners, resources, and each other. Each workshop takes place at a brewery in the southwest metro and features a different STEM practitioner and topic. The next workshop is on Restoration Ecology on February 11th.

To assist with the control of invasive buckthorn within the watershed district, RPBCWD has two Uprooter tools available for loan with a $250 deposit. The deposit will be returned to you when you return the Uprooter in good condition. You may borrow the Uprooter for up to 10 days.