Itasca Waters and its Partnership with the Bush Foundation

 

In 2019, Itasca Waters received a two year Community Innovation grant from the Bush Foundation. The purpose of the grant is to protect Itasca County's water quality using community driven solutions that will permanently become a part of our community's consciousness. 

Read more about the story behind the grant here

Our Community Action Plan

A community-wide plan to protect our water emerged from our past year's community engagement. These five action steps will create a more cohesive water quality protection plan and are the first steps towards achieving a true community-wide water protection plan.

To learn more about these five action steps, click here

Our Key Findings

Over a thousand residents and county leaders were interviewed over this past year and gave us their opinions about Itasca County's water.

Information about our findings can be read by clicking here

Care to Know More?

More information about Itasca Waters' Bush Foundation study conducted over the past year: All Things Water: A Community Engagement Summary Report; Using Community-Driven Solutions to Protect Itasca County's Greatest Natural Resource, Our Water; May 2020

Want to do more? 

Here are Seven ways you can help protect Itasca County's waters!