Save August 18 for RiverNight 2010! 

Celebrate the citizens and groups who have achieved great things for their lake or river at RiverNight 2010. Minnesota Folk Artist Ann Reed will kick-off the award ceremony and green business author Kim Carlson will be our keynote speaker. Following the awards presentation, we’ll top off the night with great food, great company, and a great 2 ½ hour sunset cruise on the mighty Mississippi River on the Jonathan Padelford riverboat!

At our annual RiverNight Celebration and Awards Ceremony, Minnesota Waters celebrates individuals and groups demonstrating extraordinary commitment to improving and protecting Minnesota's lakes and rivers.  The 2010 Award winners were selected from nominations throughout the state.

Sugar Lake Association (Wright County) is the Lake Association of the Year, sponsored by HDR Engineering. Benton Lake Watershed Conservancy, based in Cologne, MN (Carver County), is named the Outstanding Citizen Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program, sponsored by RMB Environmental Laboratories. Friends of the Sunrise River (Chisago County) is named the River Friendly Community of the Year. Ken Grob, of Park Rapids, MN (Hubbard County), member of the Potato Lake Association and Hubbard County Coalition of Lake Associations, is Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by Barr Engineering. Read more about our 2010 Annual Award Winners. Read more about our annual award winners.

RiverNight takes place in August on Harriet Island in St. Paul thanks to the gracious support of our sponsors. Each of our award-winning “water heroes” receives $1,000, two tickets to RiverNight, a special plaque and a keepsake photograph with the awards sponsor and Minnesota Waters staff.  2010 RiverNight Factsheet.  2010 RiverNight Invitation. Map & Directions

The evening includes a cruise on the beautiful Mississippi River featuring wonderful hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. individual tickets are $125. Please contact Jennifer Schaefer at 800-515-5253 to purchase tickets.  The funds raised from RiverNight support our lake and river conservation work across the state including our current key projects:

• Starting new citizen-led lake and river groups
• Training hundreds of citizens to be qualified water quality monitors
• Providing capacity building support and education to citizen groups across the state
• Pushing for more protective shoreland management rules statewide through the DNR and locally through citizen groups
• Working at the state and local levels to combat aquatic invasive species

Thank you to our 2010 Award Sponsors