It's Visioning Time: Share your Input for the Watershed Planning Process

Posted: 09/04/25

It's Visioning Time

To build off of our Minnesota River tour and begin our watershed planning process, we need to hear from you. As we launch the next 10-year Watershed Management Plan, the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District (LMRWD) is inviting residents, partners, and river champions to share their vision for the future of the Minnesota River. Whether you joined us on the Riverboat Tour or are just hearing about this process now, your voice matters. You have a unique viewpoint, and we are asking you as a trusted partner for a few minutes of your time.

There are two ways to share your vision:

1) Short, High-Impact Survey: Ideas for Action
If you only have a few minutes, please respond to our short survey. This will allow you to share your big ideas to protect and improve the Minnesota River. Follow this link to get started (estimated time: 3 minutes)

2) Inviting Deeper Perspectives and Insights
This guided experience mirrors the facilitated prompts from the riverboat tour. Reflect on your relationship with the river, where you see progress, and what you’d like to change. Follow this link to get started (estimated time: 5-15 minutes)

If you’re able, we encourage you to complete both! Please submit your input by Monday, September 22, 2025, when the digital input window will formally close. 

How will input be used?

Feedback from both the summer event and these digital surveys will directly shape the starting vision for our next Watershed Management Plan. Your ideas will be synthesized into key themes, values, goals, and potential actions. This process is about more than data—it’s about community-led direction. Every story, concern, and idea helps us protect and improve this shared resource.

Stay tuned for the public kick-off event on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.

Thank you for being part of this critical process—and for helping us build a bold, resilient, and inclusive future for the Minnesota River. The river will not wait, and neither will we.