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SECTION 4 <br />SECTION 5 <br />Be a part of the solution! <br />How to Help improve the watershed from Home: Continued From page s <br />SECTION 2 <br />WINTER: <br />Practice Smart Salting: <br />Shovel and scrape early on. <br />Spread salt with 2-3" between crystals. <br />Don't over salt: 1/2 - 2/3 of a <br />coffee mug holds enough salt <br />for one parking space. <br />Practice spot -treatment, apply <br />salt, sand, or grit in cold temps <br />and as a salt alternative. <br />Sweep up extra salt, sand, and <br />grit when pavement is dry. <br />SPRING & SUMMER: <br />Adopt a stormdrain to promote <br />local water quality. <br />Water with care: <br />Water lawn in the morning and <br />evening to reduce evaporation. <br />Use sprinklers that <br />keep water low to the ground. <br />Direct sprinklers away from pavement. <br />Mow with care: <br />Mow grass at 3" to hold moisture and reduce runoff. <br />Keep grass clippings out of the street. <br />Leave grass clippings on lawn for free fertilizer, or fertilize sparingly. <br />FALL: <br />Core aerate the lawn to increase root depth, durability, and water <br />absorption. <br />Continue adopt-a-drian efforts, cleaning out leaves and debris from <br />stormdrains and the curb. <br />Mulch leaves with a <br />mower for free fertilizer. <br />If you must use weed <br />killer, do so now <br />to make a bigger impact <br />and use less compared <br />to Spring/Summer. <br />ALL YEAR LONG: <br />Prevent illegal dumping in stormdrains:"only rain down the drain". <br />Plan a native planting or raingarden on your <br />property. Plan with VLAWMO to make planting <br />and installation easy and effective. <br />Restore shorelines with deep-rooted native <br />vegetation. <br />Hire contractors certified in winter <br />maintenance or turf maintenance <br />best practices. <br />Respect wetland boundaries. Each wetland <br />plays a role in the watershed no matter how <br />small. <br />Photos: Clean Water MN <br />17 <br />