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Water shortages and problems around Minnesota — and the country — have many wondering what is the true cost of clean and reliable water. This reporting is supported in part by The Water Main, a project of American Public Media.

U of M hosts Red River Basin forum

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota is hosting an international forum Thursday on the water quality challenges facing the Red River Basin in the U.S. and Canada.

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Enviro officials hear from SE Minn. residents

Enviro officials hear from SE Minn. residents

Residents from across southeastern Minnesota packed a meeting room in Rochester Tuesday to tell state commissioners their priorities for the state's air, water, land and energy resources.
by Elizabeth Baier

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MPCA panel to consider research on sulfate

The Citizens Board of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will get an update Tuesday on research under way to determine if the state should change its standard for sulfate in wild rice waters.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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SW Minn. effort to measure climate change effects on crops

SW Minn. effort to measure climate change effects on crops

A southwestern Minnesota acreage is part of a USDA sustainable corn project that is trying to make predictions about climate change and corn production.

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Work group issues advice on parks Legacy funding

Work group issues advice on parks Legacy funding

A work group charged with studying how Legacy Amendment parks funding should be distributed presented its recommendations to Minnesota state officials Wednesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Environmental group criticizes Poplar River project

Projects are under way to reduce sedimentation in the Poplar River on Minnesota's North Shore. But they're not doing an adequate job, according to an environmental group.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Stalled bill tops agenda at farmers convention

Members of the Minnesota Farmers Union are planning a strategy to try to persuade the lame-duck Congress to pass the stalled farm bill. The Minnesota farmers are meeting this weekend at their 71st annual convention.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Minn. hopes to bolster wetland protection

A new report offers recommendations designed to strengthen wetland protection efforts in Minnesota.
by Dan Gunderson

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Photos: Herring eggs are 'Lake Superior Gold' for Grand Marais fishery

Photos: Herring eggs are 'Lake Superior Gold' for Grand Marais fishery

For about six weeks in October and November, Lake Superior anglers pull thousands of the silvery fish, also called cisco, from the lake's icy waters. Harley Toftey has fished lake herring in the big lake for 31 years and said there are more herring now in Lake Superior than there have ever been since he began fishing.
by Dan Kraker and Derek Montgomery

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Legacy grant audit: More public media, zoos scrutiny

Legacy grant audit: More public media, zoos scrutiny

State officials should do a better job monitoring Legacy Amendment grants that go to zoos, museums, public radio and public TV, an audit released Thursday said.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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