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Measuring farm pollution: By the river or by the farm?

Measuring farm pollution: By the river or by the farm?

Measuring the impact of farm practices and determining how fast to change them have moved to the center of the water quality debate in Minnesota.
by Jennifer Vogel

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5 ideas that could make water cleaner

5 ideas that could make water cleaner

There is no shortage of scientists, environmentalists, entrepreneurs and regular citizens working to solve problems related to water quality in Minnesota. Here are five ideas that could help, some already in use and others on the drawing board.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Water pollution glossary

Glossary of terms related to water pollution

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Crow Wing County finds new approach to managing waterfront

Crow Wing County finds new approach to managing waterfront

The epicenter of Minnesota's cabin country, Crow Wing County has come to agreement on more aggressive shoreline zoning enforcement.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Point and non-point sources defined

You can understand a lot about the history, the difficulties and the successes and failures in the realm of water quality if you get two concepts: point source pollution and non-point source pollution.

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Cleaning Minnesota's water: Places to watch

Cleaning Minnesota's water: Places to watch

Track Minnesota's performance at maintaining and improving its water quality.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Pagami Creek fire in BWCA grows to 11,000 acres

Pagami Creek fire in BWCA grows to 11,000 acres

The Pagami Creek fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness grew from 4,500 acres to 11,000 acres over the weekend.
by Tim Nelson and Dan Kraker

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DNR predicts best fall colors in Minn in 10 years

This fall's color season is predicted to be the best Minnesota has seen in a decade.

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Haze, smoke in Twin Cities likely from N. Minn. forest fires

Haze, smoke in Twin Cities likely from N. Minn. forest fires

Fires burning in northern Minnesota appear to be causing hazy skies and foul-smelling air across the Twin Cities metro area this afternoon.
by Lorna Benson

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Legacy zebra mussel research proposal meets turbulence

Legacy zebra mussel research proposal meets turbulence

Members of the council charged with distributing Legacy Amendment funds for the outdoors disagreed on Thursday whether a proposal to research bacteria that can kill zebra mussels should be considered for funding.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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