Meetings set on nitrogen fertilizer plan
The first of five “listening sessions,” hosted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to receive citizen comment on a new nitrogen fertilizer plan, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. … Read more
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Wells vs. lakes in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is embroiled in a controversy pitting irrigators and other owners of high-capacity wells against shore land owners and other users of declining lakes and streams in the state’s Central … Read more
Freshwater Society in the news
Read a Star Tribune article on Master Water Stewards, the partnership between the Freshwater Society and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. The program, supported by a Clean Water Fund grant, … Read more
Don Rosenberry's reading list
Publications cited by Don Rosenberry during his June 6, 2013, lecture. He encouraged his audience to consult the reports on a variety of sources. White Bear Lake USGS report … Read more
Don't miss the June 6 lecture
It’s not too late. You can still join us for a free public lecture Thursday, June 6, on the impact of groundwater on surface waters. Don Rosenberry, a U.S. Geological … Read more
Watch a video primer on groundwater
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has produced two short, jargon-free videos that offer a primer on groundwater and a closer look at the Mt. Simon aquifer and the need … Read more
A brief q-and-a with Don Rosenberry
Here is a very quick mini-interview that the Freshwater Society conducted with Don Rosenberry, the U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist who will speak Thursday, June 6, on groundwater-surface water interactions: What’s … Read more
Star Tribune editorial backs water fee increases
Read a May 7 Star Tribune Editorial urging the Minnesota Legislature to enact an increase in state water appropriation fees recommended by Gov. Mark Dayton and passed last month by … Read more
Workshop on Mt. Simon aquifer set May 22
City and county officials and water and land-use planners are invited to a half-day workshop on protecting a heavily used groundwater aquifer west and north of the Twin Cities. The … Read more
Gene Merriam: Support water fee increase
Read Freshwater Society President Gene Merriam’s op-ed in the April 26 Pioneer Press. In it, he urges Minnesota state Senators to support House-passed legislation that would raise state water fees … Read more