Seven Mile Creek Watershed Resources
The Sustainable Agriculture Series
The first perennial grain is in Nicollet County! Kernza® (intermediate wheatgrass) is a perennial grain that has been growing well in Minnesota in its early phases. Seven Mile Creek partners have been working with Ben Penner and Forever Green to help local growers give this new crop a try. Check out these videos to hear about its economic and environmental sustainability.
Ben Penner shares his experience piloting winter camelina in Nicollet County, MN, and the hope it and other continuous living cover crops provide for farmers, community, and the environment. Winter camelina is a winter annual (cover crop) that can be harvested for its oil seed in the spring while still growing a soybean crop after it that same year.
-video by Brett Randolph (license #MB01RMFFIPFFD5K)
Partnership Highlight: Ben Penner
-video by Brett Randolph
The Benefits of Kernza® and Cover Crops
-video by Brett Randolph
Field Chats: Kernza® Harvest Consult
The Field Practices Series
With the video production skills of Gustavus Adolphus College student, DeAnna Giles, the Seven Mile Creek Partnership produced a series of videos about agricultural practices and farmer resources that are gaining traction in eastern Nicollet County. There is also a video about the trout habitat in Seven Mile Creek.
Grazing Cover Crops
What Can Cover Crops Do for You?
Manure and Cover Crops
Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification
Fields to Fish Habitat
Boots on the Ground Recording
A chat with Fishers and Farmers Partnership about the Seven Mile Creek Watershed
Check out historical surveys, watershed reports, modeling studies, and other resources from 7 Mile Creek partners.
See the research below to learn more about the watershed. New research will be posted as it becomes available.