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Farm Bill passes
President Obama on Friday is scheduled to sign into law a new nearly $1 trillion federal farm bill that has lots of things for lots of people to love or … Read more
Ikes summit set Feb. 22
Join the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League on Saturday, Feb. 22, for a day-long conference on state initiatives for water management and wetland conservation. The event – Watershed … Read more
Less phosphorus linked to decline in Great Lakes fish
New research by the U.S. Geological Survey finds that prey fish and phytoplankton – microscopic organisms that feed other animals – are seriously declining in the Great Lakes. One of … Read more
USGS research on fracking
The U.S. Geological Survey, in a research paper published in late December, reports new criteria for predicting where the disposal of salty waste water from hydraulic fracturing is most likely … Read more
MPR reports on groundwater
Minnesota Public Radio on Wednesday, Jan. 8, begins a time-to-time series of reports on Minnesota groundwater and the challenges to sustainably managing and regulating its use. Environmental reporter Elzabeth Dunbar … Read more
$18 billion price put on Great Lakes carp barrier
Keeping Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes in the Chicago area could cost $18 billion and take 25 years to put into practice, a new Army Corps of Engineers … Read more
Climate, water and food
A warming worldwide climate already has been predicted to significantly cut global production of corn, soybeans, wheat and rice by the end of this century. Now new research suggests food … Read more
Freshwater beneath the seas
Huge reserves of groundwater – freshwater captured in aquifers centuries ago and later covered by rising seas – have been found below continental shelves in some of the world’s oceans. … Read more
How to feed the world
The world’s population is destined to grow to 9 billion people by mid-century, and that means we have to somehow double global food production. Right? Not necessarily, according to Jonathan … Read more
Nutrient strategy hearings
Do you have questions you want to ask, or comments you want to make, about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s draft strategy for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus in the Mississippi … Read more