Coon Creek Journal
Historic photos and hand-drawn farm plans from the 1933-35 soil erosion control project are recorded in this PowerPoint presentation, Coon Creek Journal.

The First National Soil Erosion Control Demonstration Site
Coon Creek watershed is the site of our nation's first soil conservation efforts. Many of the practices started in 1933 are now a continuing hallmark of sound agricultural methods. View a photo essay of this conservation success story.

Coon Creek Revisited
A research project recently completed by Martha Kelty Roldan, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota graduate student, focuses on the effects of early conservation efforts in the Coon Creek watershed. "Utilizing a GIS for Mapping Reforestation of an Agricultural Landscape, 1939-1993" integrates valuable historical data with the latest digital cartography.