Governor's Water Summit
Mid-January, Governor Dayton announced that his administration will host the Governor’s Water Summit in St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 27th. Summit registration has closed, but you can still help set … Read more
News
MDA awards $1 million for ‘Forever Green' research projects
——- Minnesota River Weekly Update; November 17, 2015 —— The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) received $1 million of Clean Water Funds to support the Forever Green Agricultural Initiative at the … Read more
Iowa city facing challenges downstream of agriculture
Iowa city facing challenges downstream of agriculture Posted November 23, 2015 You’ve probably seen it in the news: Des Moines Water Works is suing three upstream drainage districts over costs to … Read more
Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and the inevitability of future events arriving
We all were warned by the demographers 20 years back that the boomers would stress the social security, pension, housing, and medical systems. Now it’s here. Similarly, rising atmospheric CO2 … Read more
California: laboratory of desperate water policy
“Let’s manage water like California.” Can you imagine any Minnesotan saying that? Nope. But there are things we will be watching and learning as California’s wretched water situation forces overdue … Read more
San Diego water: Somewhere between “unlimited” and “zero”
Regional water conservation is being applied in San Diego because they must–but is it enough? Minnesota is looking at regional water conservation because it’s smart for our long-term economic vitality and … Read more
Collaboration Award
2015 Environmental Leadership Award Recipients 14th Annual Road Salt Symposium February 5, 2015 Collaboration Award: City of Mankato, City of North Mankato and MnDOT District 7 City of Mankato: Mary … Read more
Veterans' Administration Environmental Leadership Award
2015 Environmental Leadership Award Recipients 14th Annual Road Salt Symposium February 5, 2015 Veterans’ Administration-Minneapolis campus: Jason Brainard, Michael Hubbs and Scott Mattson The VA grounds staff on the Minneapolis … Read more
Joe's Lawn and Snow Environmental Leadership Award
2015 Environmental Leadership Award Recipients 14th Annual Road Salt Symposium February 5, 2015 Joe’s Lawn and Snow: Joe Mather, Robert Tarango, Evan Borseth and Michael Gorshe Joe’s Lawn and Snow … Read more