Dave Peters
For the first time, legislators are proposing to put state money into broadband infrastructure. Read more →
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Archives for February 2014
The short answer is he or she doesn’t very often. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge To a number of questioners in the Public Insight Network, it seems an anomaly that Minnesota experiences two things that seem contradictory: a lot of irrigation and a lot of land drained to dry it out. A Read more →
Elizabeth Dunbar
Lawmakers will consider at least several water-related proposals this session, evidence of increasing interest in making sure Minnesota maintains reliable sources of water. Read more →
Residents of International Falls, Minn., are hosting two performances of “The Mill,” a play that is a fictional treatment of some tense and violent times in town 25 years ago. Read more →
Minnesota is rich in water, but our use of it seems less sustainable than it once did. Two state officials talked about water issues with Daily Circuit host Tom Weber. Read more →
Farm practices are a key part of the conversation about groundwater sustainability in Minnesota. Are voluntary efforts enough? Read more →
Farmers in west central Minnesota have real reasons to conserve water. Read more →
Dan Gunderson
Growing a perfect potato depends on the right amount of water and fertilizer, and growers are trying to figure out how to use just the right amount. Read more →
Figuring out the geology beneath Park Rapids, Minn., is a good primer for how Minnesota’s groundwater situation is important, complicated and very local. Read more →
Suspecting it is getting bad information from some water users, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has asked the Legislature for stricter requirements and penalties for measuring what wells are pumping. Read more →