Freshwater Society Read a free-market think tank’s argument for requiring conservation compliance in any expansion of federally subsidized crop insurance. Enacting a conservation compliance provision in the now-stalled federal Farm Bill would require farmers … Read more
Efforts by the Minnesota DNR to stem two budding zebra mussel infestations through chemical means have yielded – at best — mixed results. The DNR used copper sulfate to treat … Read more
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Thousands of Girl Scouts worked Oct. 13 to clean up leaves to help prevent excess phophorus from making its way to our waters. Thank you to the Girl Scouts, leaders, … Read more
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
If you could not be there in person to hear Otto Doering talk about the environmental and human health problems caused by excess human-made nitrogen, you can still see and … Read more
Keynote presentation: Aquatic Invasive Species and Local Government Register to attend the Metro Summit for lake and river groups Nov. 7 in Hopkins. As the issue of aquatic invasive species (AIS) … Read more
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
White Bear Lake’s water level is hovering just above the lake’s record low point, exposing acres of sand once covered by shallow water. Read an Oct. 1 Star Tribune article … Read more
