Freshwater Society by Steve Woods, executive director I’ve written and spoken repeatedly over the last year about how the 35-year “experiment” known as the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act of 1982 has … Read more
We’ve posted several articles and opinions on the long slow story that was and continues to be Flint Michigan’s infamous water failure. Just out is an Environmental Protection Agency review … Read more
Those April blizzards are a distant memory after spring whiplashed us into full-on summer in record time. The prairie we are restoring on our farm went from winter drab to … Read more
by Mary Salisbury Freshwater is pleased to announce we’ve been accepted as a new Associate Member of the Minnesota Environmental Fund (MEF). MEF is like a United Way for the … Read more
by Mary Salisbury This year, Freshwater’s connection to the Lake Minnetonka Half Marathon mulitplied. Not only was Freshwater lucky enough to again receive proceeds from the May 9th race, but … Read more
by Deirdre Coleman We are now accepting applications for the next class of Master Water Stewards! Since Freshwater launched the Master Water Stewards program in 2013, 250 Stewards have gone … Read more
by Kristen Meyer Freshwater will soon pilot a new opportunity in volunteer education: Water Conservation Advisor training. This volunteer certification program, developed in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, offers continuing … Read more
by Steve Woods, executive director To quote Steve Morse of Minnesota Environmental Partnership, “It was short, intense and accomplished little.” The session ended in mid-May. There seems to be no … Read more
by Steve Woods, executive director This is our first chance to relate what went on this past legislative session. As you can tell from the title above, the story (see … Read more
Now that spring has finally arrived (knock on wood), is it safe to talk about what just happened and what it means for our water future in the upper Midwest? … Read more
