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Water, science and the environment: Week of June 3, 2012
The Minnesota Ag Department has named a 15-member committee to help Commissioner Dave Frederickson develop conservation and anti-pollution standards for the new Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program. Oklahoma has … Read more
White Bear Lake levels and a Freshwater app
The Freshwater Society blog 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 to … Read more
Water, science and the environment: Week of May 27, 2012
First the good news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has accepted 3.9 million acres of farmland for the Conservation Reserve Program. Now the bad: More than 6 million acres will … Read more
Conservation Reserve acres to drop
The Freshwater Society blog 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 to … Read more
Water, science and the environment: Week of May 20, 2012
Flowering maple vines observed and reported by a citizen-scientist in Portland, Ore., were the one-millionth posting to the USA National Phenology Network. Some peregrine chicks in downtown St. Paul are … Read more
Religion, phenology and peregrines on video
The Freshwater Society blog 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 to … Read more
Water, science and the environment: Week of May 13
Iowa’s lakes may offer a back-door route for Asian carp to enter Minnesota. Don’t miss a free showing Thursday, May 17, of a terrific documentary, Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and … Read more
Iowa may offer carp a back door to Minnesota
The Freshwater Society blog 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 to … Read more
Biodiversity, groundwater and crop insurance
Research affirms biodiversity’s value Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when more plant species are present, a new … Read more
Scott County's Credit River off 'impaired' list
Scott County’s Credit River gets cleaner John Hensel, who oversees all of the metro area’s watersheds for the state of Minnesota, had brought a camera along to remember this by. On … Read more