Drought at the doorstep
Those April blizzards are a distant memory after spring whiplashed us into full-on summer in record time. The prairie we are restoring on our farm went from winter drab to … Read more
News
Water Conservation Advisor pilot program
by Kristen Meyer Freshwater will soon pilot a new opportunity in volunteer education: Water Conservation Advisor training. This volunteer certification program, developed in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, offers continuing … Read more
Session summary
by Steve Woods, executive director To quote Steve Morse of Minnesota Environmental Partnership, “It was short, intense and accomplished little.” The session ended in mid-May. There seems to be no … Read more
The Arctic-Minnesota connection
Now that spring has finally arrived (knock on wood), is it safe to talk about what just happened and what it means for our water future in the upper Midwest? … Read more
Freshwater donates Weatherguide calendars to Minnesota classrooms
by Connie Lanphear, communications manager 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 … Read more
Icy liquids, liquid deicers, and urban legends at Road Salt Symposium
by Connie Lanphear, communications manager This year’s Road Salt Symposium drew a record crowd of more than 300 on February 8. Participants learned about the latest innovations in road salt … Read more
A Salted Lake: Lake Johanna
Even after the winter’s snow has melted, our lakes and streams will not forget what we have done to move about at summer speeds during the winter months. Salt we … Read more
It’s complicated
A friend and I took a long walk through Nerstrand Big Woods State Park on the last balmy weekend in December. The 2,884-acre forest straddles Prairie Creek, which is set … Read more
Water, nature’s solvent
A Brazilian colleague of mine moved her family to my town for her sabbatical year. The big questions were predictable: where to take English classes; how to get the teenagers … Read more
Is Minnesota prepared for a Hurricane Harvey?
It’s been almost two weeks since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, and a week since the rains stopped. All told, more than 50 inches of rain fell in Houston … Read more