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Reducing the Impact of your Driveway

Author
EARTHWIZARDS.COM
Most homes have driveways. We use driveways for vehicle storage and to provide access to our homes and garages from the street. We use driveway surfaces that are sturdy enough to hold the weight of automobiles, to tolerate freezing weather and summer heat, and to stand up to snow removal.

Most driveways are made from asphalt, concrete, paving stones, or gravel. All of these are considered "impermeable" surfaces because they do not allow water to pass through them. That's right-standard pavers and standard

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ON THE WEB!

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
pca.state.mn.us/sustainability

Your Watershed District,
mnwatershed.govoffice.com

True Story of a Green Driveway Transformation,
frankejames.com/debate/?p=98

Read Up!

Making Paths and Driveways, by Claude H. Miller, Kessinger Publishing, 2007.

The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture, by Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne, Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.

Act Locally!

Earthwizards, Inc.-
earthwise contracting and design
Minneapolis, MN
763-784-3833
earthwizards.com

 

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
pca.state.mn.us/sustainability

Your Watershed District,
mnwatershed.govoffice.com

True Story of a Green Driveway Transformation,
frankejames.com/debate/?p=98

Read Up!

Making Paths and Driveways, by Claude H. Miller, Kessinger Publishing, 2007.

The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture, by Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne, Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.

Act Locally!

Earthwizards, Inc.—
earthwise contracting and design
Minneapolis, MN
763-784-3833
earthwizards.com

Life in a Watershed

Author
Erin Hendel & Alyssa Hawkins
Watershed Education Center

Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes, birthplace of the Mississippi and many other rivers - all of which are fed by the dozens of overlapping watersheds in our communities.

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Web Resources

Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts

www.mnwatershed.org

Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

www.bwsr.state.mn.us/

 

Print Resources

Recipes for Clean Water: A Homeowner's Stormwater Survival Guide, William Boudreau, 1999

Lakescaping for Wildlife and Water Quality, Carrol L. Henderson, Carolyn J. Dinder, Fred Rozumalski, 1999

 

Organizations

Friends of the Mississippi River
46 E. 4th St.
Suite 606
St. Paul, MN 651-222-2193
www.fmr.org

University of Minnesota Extension Water Quality Program
173 McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 612-624-9282
www.extension.umn.edu/water
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