Interview with Our Intern
Talk about how water is important to your life- share a story, experience, etc.: Growing up in Minnesota, I was always spoiled with the amount of lakes and rivers we … Read more
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Local decision making can be a complex thing. That’s one of the reasons we have paid staff and elected officials managing the process on a day to day basis. When … Read more
Law lets DNR review wells — before they are drilled
A new law, effective July 1, gives regulators at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources an opportunity to review and comment on the potential impact of new high-capacity wells on … Read more
Major report documents extent of Minnesota nitrate pollution
Nitrate – much of it from fertilizers applied to farmland – pollutes many Minnesota rivers and streams and contributes to the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, a … Read more
Court rules in wetlands case
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a Florida conservation district’s demand that a landowner take substantial steps to mitigate the loss of wetlands the owner planned to develop. The … Read more
L.A. plans huge groundwater clean-up
The Los Angeles water utility plans to spend $600 million to $800 million to clean up groundwater contaminated by industrial pollution in the San Fernando Basin, a federal Superfund site. … Read more
Freshwater conclusions and recommendations on groundwater
(In April 2013, the Freshwater Society issued a special report titled “Minnesota’s Groundwater: Is our use sustainable?” These are conclusions and recommendations from that report.) The big decline White Bear … Read more
Nutrient credits eyed in Pa.
Read an interesting article from Pennsylvania about a proposal for the state to sponsor long-term, large-scale nutrient-credit trading to help clean up Chesapeake Bay. The article is from Lancaster-ONLINE, published … Read more
Phoenix curbs water use
Arid Phoenix leads the way on some water conservation measures, says a New York Times article published this week. Read about what the city is doing, and not doing, to … Read more
Freshwater Society in the news
Read a Star Tribune article on Master Water Stewards, the partnership between the Freshwater Society and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. The program, supported by a Clean Water Fund grant, … Read more