MPR explores raising the price of water
Minnesota Public Radio is in the midst of a time-to-time series of reports on groundwater sustainability in Minnesota. Check out the coverage on the station’s web site. The latest report … Read more
Freshwater Society
Freshwater recommendations on groundwater sustainability
These are conclusions and recommendations for policy changes that the Freshwater Society made in its 2013 report on groundwater sustainability. The big decline White Bear Lake experienced in recent years … Read more
Farm Bill passes
President Obama on Friday is scheduled to sign into law a new nearly $1 trillion federal farm bill that has lots of things for lots of people to love or … Read more
Lecture on fracking and water available on video
If you had to miss our Jan. 30 lecture on fracking and water quality, you missed a wonderful educational opportunity. But… You can still catch the presentation on video. Jackson’s lecture, … Read more
Ikes summit set Feb. 22
Join the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League on Saturday, Feb. 22, for a day-long conference on state initiatives for water management and wetland conservation. The event – Watershed … Read more
A q-and-with Paige Winebarger
Paige Winebarger, a retired bank executive and ardent environmentalist, joined the Freshwater Society Board in December 2013. We asked Paige, a former member of both the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board … Read more
Less phosphorus linked to decline in Great Lakes fish
New research by the U.S. Geological Survey finds that prey fish and phytoplankton – microscopic organisms that feed other animals – are seriously declining in the Great Lakes. One of … Read more
Lecture set Jan. 30 on fracking and water
Hydraulic fracturing – pumping water and chemicals deep underground to bring oil and natural gas to the surface – is one of the most controversial environmental issues in the U.S. … Read more
USGS research on fracking
The U.S. Geological Survey, in a research paper published in late December, reports new criteria for predicting where the disposal of salty waste water from hydraulic fracturing is most likely … Read more
MPR reports on groundwater
Minnesota Public Radio on Wednesday, Jan. 8, begins a time-to-time series of reports on Minnesota groundwater and the challenges to sustainably managing and regulating its use. Environmental reporter Elzabeth Dunbar … Read more