What’s up with the Minnesota River?
…besides the water level that is. If you’ve been paying attention to the big brown river, or just the weather across the southern part of the state this summer, you … Read more
Freshwater Society
The Flint story continues
“Six current or former state employees were charged on July 29 with misconduct and other crimes in the Flint, Mich., water crisis, bringing to nine the number of public officials … Read more
How did Minnesota melt 12,000 years ago?
The link at the bottom of this post will take you to a phenomenal article from the NY Times on researchers observing the melting of Greenland’s ice cap. You owe … Read more
Governor's Water Summit
Mid-January, Governor Dayton announced that his administration will host the Governor’s Water Summit in St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 27th. Summit registration has closed, but you can still help set … Read more
MDA awards $1 million for ‘Forever Green' research projects
——- Minnesota River Weekly Update; November 17, 2015 —— The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) received $1 million of Clean Water Funds to support the Forever Green Agricultural Initiative at the … Read more
Iowa city facing challenges downstream of agriculture
Iowa city facing challenges downstream of agriculture Posted November 23, 2015 You’ve probably seen it in the news: Des Moines Water Works is suing three upstream drainage districts over costs to … Read more
More from the California Laboratory of Desperate Water Policy
We haven’t checked in with California since our April 9 posting—frankly, it’s so easy to pull news items out of about their plight that we find ourselves needing to check … Read more
Openings on a New (old) Committee to Advise the MPCA
Governor Dayton is looking for good candidates for a new committee to advise the MPCA. This Committee replaces the MPCA Citizens Board eliminated during the 2015 Legislative Special Session. The … Read more
Dr. Louis Guillette
Dr. Louis Guillette, a researcher who was featured in our Moos Family Lecture Series back in September 2010, has recently passed away. His research on the impacts of environmental pollutants … Read more
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 (complicated) Lakes
Lakes are complex. I was reminded of that again a week or so ago when I read about the results of an ongoing study by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency … Read more