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
Freshwater Society
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
$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
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