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Water

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.

Mayors tell candidates to make the Great Lakes a priority

Mayors tell candidates to make the Great Lakes a priority

Mayors and leaders from the Great Lakes states and Canada want candidates in the 2008 elections to make the waterways a priority.
by Bob Kelleher

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Water bill includes money for Lake Superior project

Water bill includes money for Lake Superior project

A massive water resources bill passed by Congress authorizes a second large lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
by Bob Kelleher

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Experts look to timber as next generation energy source

Experts look to timber as next generation energy source

Ethanol production in the U.S. relies mostly on corn. But timber industry experts say emerging technologies will soon make Minnesota's vast northern forests a new source for ethanol.
by Tom Robertson

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The agenda of the Met Council

Transportation, water quality and water supply are on the agenda for annual Met Council's appraisal of the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs and exurbs.

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Does the Mississippi need new locks and dams?

The lock and dam system that makes it possible for commercial boats to negotiate the Mississippi river is 70 years old. Farmers and river workers say it's high time for the system to be brought up to date. Opponents believe that the $7.7 billion project will do serious damage to the river's ecosystem and isn't worth the money. The Army Corps of Engineers has spent the last 12 years studying the problem and has come up with a plan that tries to balance these competing interests. With the public comment period on the proposal ending Friday, we take a look at river's locks and dams, and the controversy surrounding them.

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Life on the Upper Mississippi

Minnesota author Patricia Hampl presents a literary view of the Upper Missippi. She reads from works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis and even Henry David Thoreau, as well as her own musings on the great river. Music by pianist and Minnesota Public Radio favorite Dan Chouinard underscores the program.

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Aquatic invaders

The last 200 years of commercial boat traffic have had a profound effect on the ecological makeup of the Great Lakes. One-hundred and seventy-nine non-native species have relocated to the lakes from far off ports of call, stowed away in the ballast tanks of ships, and lacking any natural predators they have thrived. As a result, the native flora and fauna have suffered. Some of this is an unavoidable consequence of globalization, but government gridlock also shares responsibility for this ecological transformation, according to a series of articles that appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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Reviewing the news from Greater Minnesota

Week in Review takes a look at some environmental stories in Greater Minnesota, including a look at the Superfund site on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and an update on the US Army Corp of Engineers' plans for the Upper Mississippi River.

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Can the Mississippi be restored?

Volunteers are hauling garbage from styrofoam containers to tires out of the Mississippi River again this summer. Such events raise awareness of the river, but its water quality and wildlife may need more drastic fixes.

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