Poll backs closing locks
Sixty-three percent of Minnesota voters are concerned about Asian carp spreading into state rivers and lakes, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by a coalition of groups fighting … Read more
Freshwater Society
Mercury taints wildlife refuge
Water in the restored wetlands of the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge near Crookston, Minn., has extraordinarily high levels of toxic methylmercury, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey research … Read more
Rosie Hesla
Rosie Hesla, a 20-year-old St. Catherine University student, is spending part of her summer working as an intern in the Master Water Steward program. The new initiative, modeled after the … Read more
Summer Water Conservation
Conserve Water during the Summer Heat! Watering early in the morning is the best time to reduce evaporation. Remember less is more- More harm is caused to our plants and … Read more
Social Media
When you log on to your Facebook page every morning, do you often find yourself interested and pleased by an odd and insightful posting in your news feed? Maybe it’s … Read more
Plastic pollutes Great Lakes
Millions of tiny plastic particles – some so small they only can be viewed through a microscope – have been found floating in the Great Lakes. Some are suspected of … Read more
Wells vs. lakes in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is embroiled in a controversy pitting irrigators and other owners of high-capacity wells against shore land owners and other users of declining lakes and streams in the state’s Central … Read more
'Streamer' maps Mississippi watershed
Where does Hawk Creek, southwest of Willmar, end up? How about Cherry Creek, north of St. Peter? Or Goose Creek, near Albert Lea? You can probably guess. They all end … Read more
Good for ducks; not so good for water quality
Artificial wetlands, constructed to create wildlife habitat or to mitigate drainage elsewhere, often do little to improve water quality, new research from the U.S. Geological Survey concludes. The problem is … Read more
Video profiles Dave Legvold
Dave Legvold, a Northfield-area farmer, measures his corn crop’s success in dollars, not bushels. And that often means limiting nitrogen fertilizer use in ways that save him money while also … Read more