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Itasca – We Are Water MN

Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids

As we reach the height of summer in Minnesota, We Are Water MN travels north to a deeply significant site for water in our state: the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi River! The water found at Lake Itasca begins here and flows on its winding way 2552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Park Rapids – Protecting Manoomin (Wild Rice), Protecting Water and Everyone

Biome Center, Itasca Biological Station 28131 University Circle, Lake Itasca

Join us for this public seminar co-presented by Zhaashiigid Nooding (Ojibwe knowledge-holder from the White Earth Nation Reservation, Red Lake Nation citizen) and Crystal Ng (settler hydrologist, professor at University of Minnesota).

Free