$18 billion price put on Great Lakes carp barrier
Keeping Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes in the Chicago area could cost $18 billion and take 25 years to put into practice, a new Army Corps of Engineers … Read more
Freshwater Society
A q-and-a on fracking with Robert Jackson
On Jan. 30, 2014, Robert Jackson, an environmental scientist from Duke University who has done extensive research on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and oil, will deliver the 14th lecture … Read more
Climate, water and food
A warming worldwide climate already has been predicted to significantly cut global production of corn, soybeans, wheat and rice by the end of this century. Now new research suggests food … Read more
Freshwater beneath the seas
Huge reserves of groundwater – freshwater captured in aquifers centuries ago and later covered by rising seas – have been found below continental shelves in some of the world’s oceans. … Read more
Master Water Stewards: Dave and Katharine's story
Master Water Stewards Dave Stack and Katharine Winston installed a raingarden at Katharine’s neighbor’s home at 4615 Meadow Road, Edina, MN, 55424 for their capstone project on October 14th. Every … Read more
Metro Summit Provides Policy Advice
This year’s Metro Summit for Lake and river groups was another great success with a capacity crowd learning and networking at the Eisenhower Community Center in Hopkins. The key note … Read more
A short q-and-a with Steve Woods
We asked Steve Woods, Freshwater’s new executive director, to talk a little about his background, his priorities and the connections to water in his life. Q: Our members and supporters … Read more
Freshwater report examines groundwater sustainability
Are Minnesotans over-using groundwater in ways that could leave us short of water – for human uses and for the environment – in the future? The short answer to that … Read more
How to feed the world
The world’s population is destined to grow to 9 billion people by mid-century, and that means we have to somehow double global food production. Right? Not necessarily, according to Jonathan … Read more
Nutrient strategy hearings
Do you have questions you want to ask, or comments you want to make, about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s draft strategy for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus in the Mississippi … Read more