Ag Certainty sites named
State and federal officials announced Monday, June 10, the four Minnesota watersheds that will be pilot sites for a new program aimed at persuading farmers to voluntarily reduce erosion and … Read more
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Tips to save water and have a green lawn
Lawn sprinkling often wastes huge amounts of water. Learn what you can do to conserve water and have green grass.
Groundwater lecture re-scheduled June 6
A lot of people think groundwater aquifers are big underground lakes and that surface lakes and rivers get all their water from rain and snowmelt flowing across the land. In … Read more
Freshwater wins energy-conservation award
The Gray Freshwater Center, the Freshwater Society’s home in Excelsior, is one of two top winners in an energy-conservation competition that included buildings across the Twin Cities. In the competition … Read more
Freshwater to honor Girl Scouts for lakes, streams clean-up
On a Saturday morning last October, some 27,000 Girl Scouts, parents and adult volunteers worked to clean up and protect lakes, rivers and streams in Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. For … Read more
Citizen Partnership Creates Impacts
It will be a year ago next month that representatives from eight citizen-led groups got together to discuss the potential for collective action. Gleason Lake, Mooney Lake, Lake Minnetonka, Christmas … Read more
Volunteer to help us — It's fun
Have you thought about volunteering for Freshwater, but didn’t have a lot of time? Well, do we have an opportunity for you! We are planning our third Ice OUT/Loon IN … Read more
Metro Water Summit draws a crowd
About 70 people – representatives of lake and creek groups, citizens, business owners, and water resource professionals — packed into a conference room Nov. 7, 2012, at the Eisenhower Community … 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