Research finds little bighead or silver carp DNA
New analyses for Asian carp DNA in water samples from the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers showed little evidence of bighead and silver carp, researchers announced in a report released … Read more
Freshwater Society
Freshwater to honor Girl Scouts for lakes, streams clean-up
On a Saturday morning last October, some 27,000 Girl Scouts, parents and adult volunteers worked to clean up and protect lakes, rivers and streams in Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. For … Read more
Groundwater forum set April 4
Attend a free, public forum on groundwater Thursday, April 4, at Centennial College in White Bear Lake. The event is the first in a series of informational sessions – titled … Read more
Citizen Partnership Creates Impacts
It will be a year ago next month that representatives from eight citizen-led groups got together to discuss the potential for collective action. Gleason Lake, Mooney Lake, Lake Minnetonka, Christmas … Read more
EPA: Many U.S. streams badly polluted
More than half the streams and rivers in the United States are in poor condition for aquatic life, the Environmental Protection Agency announced this week. Major findings of the a … Read more
Take time to read Pioneer Press groundwater articles
The Pioneer Press this week published a fine series of articles on Minnesota’s groundwater. Read reporter John Brewer’s lead article on the sustainability issue. Read a column by outdoor writer … Read more
Lectures on ag and environment set April 18
Two lectures examining agriculture and the environment will be presented Thursday, April 18, by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Soil, Water and Climate. The lectures – free and open … Read more
Attend the March 15 Environmental Congress
Tell Gov. Mark Dayton and top officials of Minnesota’s state agencies what you think should be done to preserve and protect the state’s forests and fields and its lakes, rivers … Read more
Don Rosenberry lecture is canceled
The “sequestration” cuts in the federal budget have claimed a casualty in the lecture series that the Freshwater Society and the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences sponsor. We … Read more
How hot is it? The hottest in 4,000 years
New research, published in the Journal Science, concludes that global temperatures are higher now than they have been in 4,000 years. The New York Times, in a report on the … Read more