Freshwater Society “Don’t walk out of here tonight and say ‘That was an interesting lecture,'” documentary film producer Hedrick Smith told a crowd of environmentalists on April 27 in St. Paul.
Instead, Smith urged his audience to “enlarge our perimeter, increase the size of our congregation” and convince friends and neighbors that America’s lakes and rivers still face significant pollution threats and that political pressure can get something done about the pollution.
Each week, the Freshwater Society publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to read … Read more
Read about a Community Clean-up for Water Quality in White Bear Lake that collected 97 bags of leaves — organic debris that could have carried phosphorus into the lake and promoted the growth of unsightly and unhealthy algae. That is the lead article in the latest issue of “Facets of Freshwater,” the Freshwater Society’s newsletter. To download a PDF, click here. To read individual articles, click on the links below.
Hedrick Smith, who produced “Poisoned Waters,” an acclaimed television documentary on pollution in Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, will speak April 27 in St. Paul about the serious contamination that … Read more
Read about a Community Clean-up for Water Quality in White Bear Lake that collected 97 bags of leaves and other organic debris – material that could have carried phosphorus into … Read more
The sixth year of the Freshwater Society’s Water is Life art contest has encouraged student artists from across the Minnesota to share their talent and knowledge. About 250 students from … Read more
Last month, the Freshwater Society joined with the Izaak Walton League to host a conference on agriculture, water quality and the changes that more than a century of drainage has … Read more
Across the United States, several thousand people this spring are going out into their yards and gardens and the woods and wetlands around their homes and making regular, detailed observations … Read more
Leaves bagged by volunteers await pick-up in White Bear Lake. Jill Schroeder raked leaves from parks and storm drains, her husband and his parents diligently stuffed and tied bags, her … Read more
It’s interesting to coin a new word. A number of years ago, Dr. Joe Rossillon, the former president of the Freshwater Foundation, and I were discussing a column I had … Read more
