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Buffers are de rigueur!
Governor Dayton made a splash on January 16th with his surprise call for vegetated buffers along Minnesota’s waters. Far less surprising was the news out of Iowa that the Des … Read more
Freshwater Blog: Clean water funding 2016
Minnesota’s Clean Water Council recently announced their recommendations for how sales tax money dedicated to cleaning up and protecting water should be spent. The recommendations for 2016/2017 show a priority … Read more
Freshwater Blog: MN Board of Water and Soil Resources vacancies
The MN Board of Water and Soil Resources has multiple vacancies coming up. They are looking for people from the following backgrounds with an interest in soil and water issues: … Read more
Road Salt $hortage
Google “salt shortage” and an array of media stories pop up. MPR’s recent report on the looming road salt shortage and increased prices gives a nice take on the issue. … Read more
Master Water Stewards – taking on stormwater, and winning!
Master Water Stewards are growing in numbers and literally stopping stormwater pollution in it’s tracks. They do this all while reaching out to their communities and giving their neighbors the … Read more
Who's Winging it on Groundwater?
Minnesota spends a lot of time agonizing over our water policy and ways to continually make it better. Our 2013 report on groundwater policy is one such example. It’s not … Read more
Detroit shuts off water of 100,000 people
Our 2013 report on sustainable use of our groundwater supplies makes several references to having safe accessible sources of water for citizens and industries from power to agriculture. The news … Read more
Seeing groundwater from space
Our September 18 Moos lecture will take a look at groundwater supplies from space. (Just think how this would have blown our grandparent’s minds…) The topic has made us a … Read more
MDA elaborates on plan for nitrate rules
Early this month, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced that it planned to seek state regulations barring fall applications of nitrogen fertilizer in certain areas of the state. The announcement … Read more
2014 legislative roundup
Early this year, as the 2014 Legislature was coming into session, it didn’t seem that much new law on water was likely to be enacted or much new spending likely … Read more