Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Minnesota has officially entered the season it's best known for, local watershed districts are encouraging community members to ...

The next time it snows, grab some chicken grit. The South Washington Watershed District is providing free 25-pound bags as part of a pilot program that launched this week. The goal is to reduce the ...

Every winter, millions of tons of rock salt is sprinkled across roads in the US, mostly in the Midwest and Northeast regions. It’s a cheap and effective way to prevent accidents. Rock salt is ...

After reading that insect-eating birds need grit to aid digestion, I bought a five-pound bag of chicken grit from a local farm store, scattered a cupful along the edge of the concrete driveway, and ...

As Minnesota has officially entered the season it’s best known for, local watershed districts are encouraging community members to use a sidewalk salt alternative that can help reduce chloride ...