Freshwater Society

Would it worry you if you knew that traces of chemicals – an insect repellant, an agricultural pesticide, an anti-bacterial hand cleaner – were routinely being found in your tap … Read more

More than 200 high school students soon will be participating in the 2011 Water is Life Art Contest regional competitions. The Freshwater Society collaborates with Minnesota’s eight Service Cooperatives to … Read more

Anglers and other boaters visiting some of Minnesota’s most popular lakes this summer may encounter a lot more – and a lot more aggressive – inspections of their boats for … Read more

Agricultural pollution, a party celebrating ice – or the disappearance of ice – and contaminants that increasingly are being found in Minnesota’s ground and surface water. Read about these issues … Read more

There was a time in this country when our big rivers were open sewers and smokestacks poured pollution into the air. Over the last 40 years, we have made significant … Read more

Sometime soon, perhaps by the time you read this, a narrow ring of open water separating Lake Minnetonka’s warming shoreline from the ice that has covered the lake since December … Read more

American agriculture seriously pollutes freshwater resources of all kinds, and reducing that pollution will require changes in the ways many farmers till their land and conduct their businesses. There are … Read more