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.
Freshwater Society
Register now on-line for Feb. 3 Road Salt Symposium
The Freshwater Society’s 10th annual Road Salt Symposium will be held Feb. 3 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The symposium will feature research on chloride pollution of water that results … Read more
Report: World's rivers in crisis
Each week, the Freshwater Society 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 … Read more
Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable to meet Oct. 21-22
The Freshwater Society will host an Oct. 21-22 Midwest meeting of the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable. The Roundtable is a national group of water experts that provides advice and information … Read more
Community Clean-Ups participating organizations
These governmental agencies and organizations are partnering with the Freshwater Society and the Friends of the Minnesota Valley to provide information to citizens and groups on how to organize and … Read more
Collin Peterson to speak on farm policy
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.
World using up groundwater, researcher says
Each week, the Freshwater Society 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 … Read more
USGS documents widespread nitrate pollution
The U.S. Geological Survey, in a major new report released Sept. 23, reports on nutrient pollution of surface and ground water that has failed to improve or has gotten worse … Read more
USGS report documents nitrate pollution
Pollution of both surface and ground waters by two major contaminants – nitrogen and phosphorus – has failed to improve or has gotten worse since the early 1990s, a major new … Read more
Freshwater hosts Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable
About 90 people — citizens, scientists, policy-makers and water planners — attended a meeting of the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable on Oct. 21-22, at the Gray Freshwater Center in Excelsior. … Read more