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Sometime soon, perhaps by the time you read this, a narrow ring of open water separating Lake Minnetonka’s warming shoreline from the ice that has covered the lake since December … Read more

American agriculture seriously pollutes freshwater resources of all kinds, and reducing that pollution will require changes in the ways many farmers till their land and conduct their businesses. There are … Read more

  ‘Your financial suport is vital to help us maintain the momentum we have achieved.’ — Diane Lynch, Freshwater development director For the past three years, the Freshwater Society has … Read more

At the edge of a gravel road in suburban Wright County, Howard Hobbs stands behind his four-wheel-drive pickup and guides a hydraulically powered auger slowly into the Earth. Hobbs, a … Read more

Jerry and Mary Jo Bailey are co-conspirators of sorts. They are in the process of doing their part in a national, if not a world-wide, green Dick Gray, founder of … Read more

Supplement, not substitute. Gene Merriam Those are words we will hear often as Minnesota lawmakers and the new governor work to solve a two-year $6.2 billion budget deficit. The words … Read more

Ten years ago, the Freshwater Society invited environmental organizations, companies that produce winter road de-icing salts and Anti-icing products reduce chances ice will form chemicals, scientists, policy-makers and transportation workers … Read more

When a group of Como neighborhood residents in St. Paul decided in the summer of 2009 to get together to talk about Como Lake’s algae problem, they had no idea … Read more

Deborah Swackhamer, co-director of the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center, talks about the Sustainability Framework she has helped draft for the state. Volunteers throughout the metro area are fighting … Read more

For a year, scores of people have met and discussed-sometimes argued about-what Minnesotans need to do over the next 25 years to ensure our lakes, rivers and groundwater are used … Read more