Freshwater Society

More than 1,200 fifth-grade students from each of the seven Twin Cities Metropolitan Counties took part in the thirteenth annual Metro

Heart of the Beast actors teach about water

Children’s Water Festival on Sept. 29 at the state fairgrounds.

Each student attended at least three learning stations that coupled water resource science with innovative learning techniques.

Diane Lynch, development director and senior manager for the Freshwater Society, volunteered at the festival as a class guide for  John Keran’s class of 30 enthusiastic students from Adams Elementary School in Coon Rapids.

The students participated in “Water! Water! From the River to the River,” an interactive play sponsored by In the Heart of the Beast Mask and Puppet Theatre that used animated puppets to explore water usage and pollution issues common to humans around the world.

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Water sustainability and water governance will be the focus of a policy forum to be held Nov. 17 by the Minnesota Environmental initiative. “Water Policy in Minnesota: Planning the Next Chapter” is the title of the forum, which will be held at Silverwood Park in St. Anthony.

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U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson will be a featured speaker in this year’s Minnesota Water Resources Conference, a two-day event hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center. The conference will be Oct. 19 and 20 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul.

Peterson, chair of the U.S. House of Representative’s Agriculture Committee and a key player in  development of the 2012 Farm Bill, will speak on “The Future of Farm Policy” at 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 19.

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