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General Informational Resource for Residents. Have a question about gardens or landscape plants? Insects or wildlife? Plant disease? Soil testing? Try the University Of Minnesota Extension Service In Your Yard & Garden Line

Buckthorn Pickup Program. The City of Apple Valley Natural Resources and Public Works department provide assistance to residents for the control and disposal of buckthorn. For more information on the Pick-up Program >>> or to link to the DNR web site on Buckthorn >>>

Fertilzer. Watch a brief flash animation on the importance of using the correct types and amounts of fertilizer >>>

Tree Care. Looking for information on how to select, plant, trim, prune, or care for your trees? View some suggstions >>>

Yard Waste. Looking for information on where to take yard waste? Link to Dakota County web site >>>

Composting. Looking for information on how to compost? Link to the Dakota Valley Recycling web site >>>

Mosquito Control. The Metropolitan Moquito Control District (MMCD) provides region-wide larval control activty to prevent billions of immature moquitoes and biting gnats from hatching into adults. The MMCD also works to prevent Lyme disease by monitoring the distribution of deer ticks. Information about control materials used by MMCD can be obtain at the following link >>>

Goose Concerns. Are geese causing problems for your yard? Link to the MN DNR web site for more information on geese >>>

Purple Loosestrife Control. Natural Resources staff recently collected loosestrife beetles and released them into a City-owned wetland near Lake Alimagnet infested with purple loosestrife. For more information >>>

Planning a Construction Project? Don't Forget Your MPCA Permits. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) reminds the construction industry that projects disturbing more than an acre of land surface need a storm-water permit before construction commences. Projects less than an acre also need a permit if they are part of a larger common plan of development or sale.

Since 1994, large construction projects have been required to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general storm-water permit coverage. New federal regulations that took effect March 10, 2003 require owners or operators of small construction projects (one acre or more and smaller sites that are part of a larger plan) to also obtain an NPDES permit.

The MPCA is developing a general storm-water permit that includes both large and small construction projects. The public notice period for the new permit ended in February and comments are under review. Although a new permit has not been issued, construction projects must still obtain NPDES storm-water permit coverage and must develop and implement storm-water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP) that include "best management practices" (BMPs) to minimize polluted and sediment filled runoff.

For more information or an application visit the MPCA's storm-water web site http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater/index.html or contact the MPCA Customer Assistance Center at 651-297-2274 or 1-800-646-6247.

Content updated on: 17-Apr-2008

City of Apple Valley
7100 West 147th Street | Apple Valley, MN 55124
(952) 953-2500 | info@ci.apple-valley.mn.us
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		Buckthorn Pickup Program Forestry Water Resources U of MN Extension Service Tree Identification U of MN SULIS Home Lawn Care Calendar U of MN Extension In Your Yard & Garden Line U of MN Extension Service Plant Disease Diagnostics Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District Backyard Conservation US Dept of Agriculture Backyard Conservation


	Contact Info

		Apple Valley Municipal Center Natural Resources Division 7100 West 147th Street Apple Valley, MN. 55124 Telephone: (952) 953-2460 Fax (952) 953-2515 natres@ci.apple-valley.mn.us