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Meetings set on nitrogen fertilizer plan

August 29, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, nitrate pollution

Wells vs. lakes in Wisconsin

July 25, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, high-capacity wells

Freshwater Society in the news

June 12, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags Don Rosenberry, freshwater society, groundwater, master water stewards

Don Rosenberry's reading list

June 11, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories News Tags groundwater, water budgets, white bear lake

Don't miss the June 6 lecture

June 5, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags Don Rosenberry, groundwater

Watch a video primer on groundwater

May 13, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, mt. simon aquifer

A brief q-and-a with Don Rosenberry

May 13, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Moos Speaker Series Tags Don Rosenberry, groundwater

Star Tribune editorial backs water fee increases

May 7, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, minnesota groundwater, sustainability

Workshop on Mt. Simon aquifer set May 22

April 30, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, mt. simon aquifer, recharge

Gene Merriam: Support water fee increase

April 26, 2013 by Freshwater Society

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

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags gene merriam, groundwater, sustainability
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