Take Action:

What Can I Do?

If your lake is polluted, you can help clean it up.  It’s especially important that we make sure the state provides the funding needed to test and clean up all of our 10,000 lakes. By following the links below, you’ll not only be making sure your lake gets cleaned up, you’ll be helping other Minnesota families stay healthy by making sure that all our lakes are tested and cleaned up.



Sign a petition for clean water
Tell others in your own words that you support clean lakes and rivers in Minnesota.


Sign a pledge to stop the spread of invasive species
Pledge to take simple steps to prevent further infestation.


Sign a pledge to take a kid fishing
Pledge to teach a child to fish responsibly.


Tell your friends and neighbors
Let others know about Conservation Minnesota and Check My Lake!


Tell us why your favorite lake matters
We want your stories. Tell us what makes your favorite lake a special place to you and your loved ones, and what condition the lake is in.


Volunteer to be a water monitor
Get involved personally in testing lakes through Minnesota Waters’ volunteer monitor program.


Learn more about what YOU can do
You can protect your favorite lake through your own actions as a property owner, watershed resident and consumer. 



Check Out Progress in Implementing the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment
Go to the new Conservation Minnesota website to find out how water cleanup money from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy state constitutional amendment approved by voters in November 2008 is being invested.