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Dick Gray, founder of the Freshwater Society, writes about the geological history of Earth, telescoped into the seconds and minutes of a single year.

How to volunteer

Volunteers help the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources keep track of frog and toad populations and the health of the wetlands they inhabit. If you want to volunteer for the … Read more

Waterosity

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is hosting a summer-long celebration of water: Waterosity.

Funding approved for water sustainability study

The sales tax increase that Minnesotans approved last fall will pay for $151 million worth of water protection, water clean-up and water research.  For the first time, state law includes … Read more

From the desk of Gene Merriam

Freshwater Society President Gene Merriam writes about nonpoint pollution, the diffuse, hard-to-regulate contamination that flows into lakes and rivers from city streets and farm fields.

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