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When Kirby defied the odds
by Steve Woods, executive director Sixteen interest groups you wouldn’t think had a lot in common got together 14 years ago to work on something they DID all … Read more
Read all about it: A December newsletter
Check out our December Facets of Freshwater newsletter. Download a complete PDF or follow these links to: a column by Gene Merriam advocating conservation in the Farm Bill, a preview of a Dec. 13, 2012, forum on … Read more
Gene Merriam urges conservation in the Farm Bill
Gene Merriam Recently, I sent a letter – on behalf of the Freshwater Society – to Minnesota’s members of Congress. I urged them to protect water by voting to include … Read more
From the desk of Gene Merriam
Gene Merriam Over the past few weeks, I have been reading some news articles that got me thinking about clean water, agriculture and the runoff from farms that too … Read more
Anoka Rotarians protect their rivers
“We love our waters in Minnesota, our favorite places to escape and enjoy life, so why don’t we take care of them?” —Gary Campbell, Anoka Rotary Club member Together with … Read more
Volunteers are lifeblood of Freshwater Society
Diane Lynch,development director Thanks to you, we can count our Second Annual Ice OUT/Loon IN party and fund-raiser a success! Two hundred of you – members and friends of the … Read more
Passwords — Wonderful Water: Amazing and sustaining
Because water is so fundamental to life and because we tend to take it for granted during our everyday busy lives, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to re-emphasize what a … Read more
Community Clean-Ups for Water Quality: Citizens coming together to protect our lakes and streams
Early this year, Minnesota added over 500 lakes and stretches of river to its official list of impaired – read that “polluted” – waters, bringing the statewide total to over … Read more
June 25 lecture to focus on Clean Water Act's legacy
Overuse of groundwater. Pollution of Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and all the waters in between. Alligators deformed by birth defects linked to pesticides – and the possibility the same kinds … Read more
Groundwater pumping blamed in White Bear Lake drop
The Ramsey County Beach on the north side of White Bear Lake will be closed this summer for the fourth year in a row. Yellow signs dot the beach, proclaiming: … Read more
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