Mariel Kieval intern interview
Mariel Kieval recently joined the Freshwater Society as an intern research assistant. She is working in the development and fundraising departments at the Society. We asked Mariel to tell us … Read more
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Iowa acts on ag pollution
Iowans – some Iowans, anyway – are taking very seriously the water pollution caused by many modern farming practices. The Iowa Board of Regents this month approved creation of an … Read more
Tell us your water stories
In Freshwater’s July 2013 newsletter, Executive Director Joan Nephew reminisced about her early exposure to the wonders of a river in summertime. Then she asked readers of the newsletter to … Read more
Fracking linked to arsenic
Read a Pro Publica interview, published in MINNPOST, about researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington who tested water in wells near natural gas fracking sites in Texas. They … Read more
Freshwater at the State Fair
Are you going to the State Fair? If you’re a real Minnesota, if you like malts from the dairy building and fried things on sticks, you will be there. And, … Read more
A shallow lakes workshop
What: The Nature of Lakes—A Shallow Perspective When: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7 to 8 p.m. Where: St. Louis Park Public Library, 3240 Library Lane St. Louis Park For: All interested … Read more
Don't miss our Oct. 8 lecture on Asian carp
Duane Chapman, a research biologist who is a national leader in efforts to study, control and prevent the spread of Asian carp, will deliver a free, public lecture in St. … Read more
Freshwater seeks new leader
The Freshwater Society is seeking a new leader to replace Gene Merriam, who will retire by the end of this year, and Joan Nephew, who will begin a phased retirement … Read more
Decades of irrigation depleting High Plains aquifer
Irrigation, which transformed agriculture in Kansas into a much more profitable industry decades ago, now is starting to exhaust the groundwater that fed the change. Read, or listen to, a … Read more
Nitrogen flush headed for Gulf
Last summer’s drought in the big parts of the Midwest stunted crops and left lots of nitrogen fertilizer – much of which normally would have been taken up by plants … Read more