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Water Train: a wreck for Minnesota’s groundwater
The proposal to export water from Dakota County’s groundwater has raised more than just our eyebrows here at Freshwater. The DNR rejected the proposal earlier this year, and recently Dakota … Read more
Covering Cleanup Costs Webinar
The most recent lecture in our Moos Family Speaker Series on May 13, proved to be a highly informative discussion on how toxic runoff can enter our waters and efforts … Read more
Environmental Legislation Not Finished
During the 2020 Legislative Session the Legislature came close to passing key environmental bills, but unfortunately, the chaos of Covid-19 allowed disagreements between the House, Senate, and Executive Branch to … Read more
Governor Walz appoints Freshwater’s Jen Kader to the Clean Water Council
Friends of Freshwater, We are excited to announce that our own Jen Kader, Senior Program Manager, was appointed by Governor Walz to serve on the Clean Water Council! About the … Read more
Member Update: Freshwater at the Minnesota Capitol
The 2020 Legislative Session convened on February 11 and our Legislative Policy Team (Dr. Carrie Jennings and Jen Kader) got a quick start engaging on several key issues: strengthening groundwater … Read more
Meet Galen Xiang
You never know when or how the next good intern is going to appear. Sometimes they just walk through your door. Galen Xiang moved to Minnesota from Atlanta, Georgia to … Read more
Calendars in classrooms
Minnesotans love to talk weather and it’s a topic of conversation in classrooms as well. Freshwater provides Weatherguide calendars to facilitate science-based classroom learning through its Calendars in the Classroom … Read more
Connecting arts with water stewardship
The newest cohort of Master Water Stewards (MWS) are taking art to the streets. The artist-focused initiative — Art for Water — aims to engage artists of all mediums around the three … Read more
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 water laws?
Minnesota has a long history of passing laws aimed at addressing how water affects people — and how people affect our valuable waters. That is why we at Freshwater take … Read more
Darby Nelson launches book: For Love of a River: The Minnesota
On October 17 Darby and Geri Nelson celebrated the release of Darby’s newest book, For Love of a River: The Minnesota. Darby is an aquatic ecologist, biology professor emeritus at … Read more
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