Workshop on Mt. Simon aquifer set May 22
City and county officials and water and land-use planners are invited to a half-day workshop on protecting a heavily used groundwater aquifer west and north of the Twin Cities. The … Read more
Freshwater Society
Gene Merriam: Support water fee increase
Read Freshwater Society President Gene Merriam’s op-ed in the April 26 Pioneer Press. In it, he urges Minnesota state Senators to support House-passed legislation that would raise state water fees … Read more
USGS report on White Bear Lake now available
A final report on the first phase of U.S. Geological Survey research on White Bear Lake is now available. The report echoes earlier preliminary findings that groundwater pumping around the … Read more
Groundwater report focuses on sustainability
In 2008, the Freshwater Society issued a report — Water Is Life: Protecting A Critical Resource For Future Generations — that described a lack of consensus among groundwater professionals on … Read more
Groundwater lecture re-scheduled June 6
A lot of people think groundwater aquifers are big underground lakes and that surface lakes and rivers get all their water from rain and snowmelt flowing across the land. In … Read more
Freshwater wins energy-conservation award
The Gray Freshwater Center, the Freshwater Society’s home in Excelsior, is one of two top winners in an energy-conservation competition that included buildings across the Twin Cities. In the competition … Read more
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 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