Did you miss the Freshwater Society conference on precision conservation? If you did, you missed some really exciting presentations on some of the most exciting strategies for targeting conservation and pollution-prevention practices to the places on the land where they will do the most good. But all the presentations are archived on video. Check them out.
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Precision conservation conference presenters
Dave White, chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, leads the nation’s largest program to encourage private land owners and managers to protect soil, water … Read more
Darby Nelson book is finalist in Book Awards
For Love of Lakes, a new book by Darby Nelson, is a finalist in this year’s Minnesota Book Awards. Nelson, a member of the Freshwater Society Board of Directors, is … Read more
Agenda for precision conservation conference
Precision Conservation: Technology Redefining Local Water Quality Practices A Conference for Water Quality Officials, Planners and Managers Thursday, March 29, 2012 Silverwood Park 2500 County Road E St. Anthony, MN … Read more
Precision conservation conference set March 29
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Precision conservation effectively and efficiently targets scarce resources to the spots on the landscape where they will do the most good. Learn about the latest technology — much of it based on LiDAR scanning – that pinpoints “sweet spots” where runoff, erosion and pollution are disproportionately severe and the potential for improvement is disproportionately great.
On Thursday, March 29, the Freshwater Society will sponsor a day-long conference: “Precision Conservation: Technology Redefining Local Water Quality Practices.” The keynote address will be delivered by Dave White, chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Dr. David Mulla, a University of Soil Scientist and a pioneer in employing modern LiDAR-based technology in the service of conservation, will describe current and emerging strategies.
View an agenda and learn about the presenters. Register to attend. Download a four-page brochure about the conference. Find hotels near the conference site.
Mindy Lubber lecture available on video
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Did you miss Mindy Lubber’s March 1 lecture on corporate sustainability? Do you have friends or colleagues you think would enjoy it and should see it?
If so, the lecture is available on video or in an audio-only recording.
Lubber, an international leader in efforts by investors to lead and pressure multinational companies to adopt environmentally sustainable business practices, told an audience in St. Paul that many firms are becoming receptive to setting voluntary policies limiting carbon emissions and water use in their operations.
The key, she said, is persuading CEOs and corporate boards that sustainabiliy is an economic imperitive and that their shareholders demand protection from climate change and water shortages.
The lecture, “Investing in Sustainability: Building Water Stewardship Into the Bottom Line,” was sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences.
Learn about the lecture series and view video of previous speakers. Listen to an interview with Lubber on Minnesota Public Radio’s Daily Circuit show. Suggest a topic or a speaker for a future lecture.
Lubber is president of Ceres, a 22-year-old Boston-based nonprofit that works with companies like Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss and IBM to encourage the firms to make their products and processes more water- efficient and less vulnerable to climate change.
Book-signing set Dec. 6 for Darby Nelson
Darby Nelson Darby Nelson, a Freshwater Society board member, will talk about and read excerpts from his new book, For Love of Lakes, in a book-signing event at 6 p.m. … Read more
2013 Weatherguide Facebook Photo Contest
Freshwater Society invites you to submit your best photo of the first signs of spring for the 2013 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar! Photo by Mark A. Madsen from 2012 MN … Read more
And the winners are…
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| Associate Pastor Kjell Ferris and youngsters from Christ Lutheran Church in Blaine celebrate with replica of their $500 prize. |
Three groups – four fourth-grade classes in Apple Valley, youth from a Lutheran Church’s confirmation program in Blaine and a Boys and Girls Club in St. Cloud – have won $500 apiece for anti-pollution projects aimed at keeping leaves and other organic debris out of lakes and rivers.
The contest was sponsored by Freshwater and InCommons to encourage small neighborhood-based efforts to reduce the phosphorus pollution that leads to excessive algae growth in surface waters throughout Minnesota. The Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation also was a sponsor and contributed the prize for the St. Cloud winner.
And the winners are…
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Three groups – four fourth-grade classes in Apple Valley, youth from a Lutheran Church’s confirmation program in Blaine and a Boys and Girls Club in Sauk Rapids – have won $500 apiece for anti-pollution projects aimed at keeping leaves and other organic debris out of lakes and rivers.
The contest was sponsored by Freshwater and InCommons to encourage small neighborhood-based efforts to reduce the phosphorus pollution that leads to excessive algae growth in surface waters throughout Minnesota. The Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation also was a sponsor and contributed the prize for the Sauk Rapids winner.
The winners were:
- The fourth-grade classes at Cedar Park Elementary School in Apple Valley, where students operated a drop-off site at the school that allowed Apple Valley residents to recycle leaves.
- About 130 youth and a nearly equal number of parents from Christ Lutheran Church in Blaine, who raked leaves from yards, parks and streets in neighborhoods around the church on Oct. 12.
Members of the Raymond Park Boys and Girls Club in Sauk Rapids, who raked leaves in and around the park for two purposes: to keep the leaves out of the nearby Mississippi River, and to mulch vegetable and flower gardens.