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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.

Line 3 still has regulatory ground to plow before bringing in bulldozers

Line 3 still has regulatory ground to plow before bringing in bulldozers

Before Enbridge Energy can bring in the bulldozers and backhoes to build its Line 3 pipeline across northern Minnesota, it still has to go through more months of regulatory scrutiny.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Minnesota sweetens the pot to shift cropland into conservation

Minnesota sweetens the pot to shift cropland into conservation

Using a conservation program started last year, Minnesota is looking for landowners willing to permanently set aside farmland to improve water quality. Meet the Otter Tail County couple who were first to take advantage.
by Dan Gunderson

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Teams searching for cheap way to stop algae blooms, with $10 million prize on the line

Teams searching for cheap way to stop algae blooms, with $10 million prize on the line

Large algae blooms in lakes and rivers have become an annual warm weather headache in nearly every U.S. state, endangering water supplies and local economies. A new competition hopes to help.
by Greg Allen

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These tiny little bugs are a harbinger of wetland health -- and they're disappearing

These tiny little bugs are a harbinger of wetland health -- and they're disappearing

Minnesota's amphipod population has been in decline for more than 20 years, and scientists say only five percent of wetlands where they could live actually have a healthy population. Now, they're studying them intensely in an effort to save them.
by Dan Gunderson

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DNR plan to save algae-plagued lake sparks optimism, opposition

DNR plan to save algae-plagued lake sparks optimism, opposition

What if you could take a Minnesota lake with some of the worst water quality in the state and hit the reset button? That's what the DNR wants to do to Little Rock Lake near St. Cloud. It plans to lower the water level to spur plant growth and clear up the lake.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry

Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry

In the early 2000s, the Keystone XL oil pipeline became one of the most powerful symbols in the fight against climate change. And since then, it's not just local landowners fighting pipelines in their backyards anymore. It's environmental groups, Native Americans tribes, farmers and ranchers, and a crucial addition to the alliance -- climate change activists. But how did it begin?
by Julie Siple, Bill Wareham, Dan Kraker and Cody Nelson

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The bountiful benefits of bringing back the beavers

The bountiful benefits of bringing back the beavers

Hundreds of millions of beavers used to populate the West but were hunted to near extinction. Turns out, beavers are critical to healthy water ecosystems, so now there are efforts to bring them back.
by Luke Runyon

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