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Responding Organizations
We asked river groups across the region to answer, from their perspectives, up to 13 questions important for citizens and policymakers to think about. This is who has responded:

•	Center for Global Environmental Education
•	Coalition for a Clean Minnesota River
•	Crow River Organization of Water
•	Ducks Unlimited
•	Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
•	League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
•	Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
•	Minnesota Conservation Federation
•	Minnesota Department of Agriculture
•	Minnesota Environmental Partnership
•	Minnesota Milk Producers Association
•	Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway
•	The Minnesota Project
•	Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board
•	Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition
•	Mississippi Headwaters Board
•	Mississippi River Citizen Commission
•	Northwest Partnership
•	Water Resources Center
•	Yellow Medicine River Watershed District

Changing Currents Forum
Compare where these organizations stand on important river issues. And if you have something to say about what you read here, or if you have further questions to ask, participate in the Changing Currents Forum.

Build a Question; Find an Answer
Do you represent an organization interested in protecting rivers in the region? If so, we have some questions you might want to answer.

Crow River Organization of Water (C.R.O.W.)

About the organization
C.R.O.W. is a ten County Joint Powers Board whose mission statement is to support and facilitate the cooperation of local governments, agricultural communities, businesses, and citizens in the preservation and restoration of the Crow River. We are currently working on a 3 year diagnostic study of the entire Crow River Watershed.

Respondent: Jennifer Gieseke, watershed coordinator

How important to you is the river or stream nearest your home, and why?
The Crow River is important both locally and regionally. Locally, the Crow River provides opportunities for wildlife habitat and recreation. In Meeker County, the North Fork of the Crow River is designated as Wild and Scenic, and the entire North Fork of River is designated as a canoe route. Regionally the Crow River is important because it feeds into the Mississippi River. The confluence of the Crow River and the Mississippi River is located approximately 25 miles NW of where the Twin Cities draws its drinking water.

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