The document held the partners together as they tackled tasks ranging from community outreach and education to installation of grit chambers. Most controversial, though, was the restoration of wetlands west of Cedar Lake and pond construction at the south end of Lake Calhoun. Pam Blixt, president of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, says neighbors feared invasions of mosquitoes and rodents, flooding, cracked basements and diminished property values. Restored native plants also have won over some doubters. The watershed district is applying the lessons learned to a similar effort under way at Lake Nokomis.
Nobody wants to live next to a swamp there either . . .
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