Featured stories
Shoreline restoration
Nancy Carver has led by example by restoring her shoreline on Little Rock Lake to native flowers and grasses and helping educate her neighbors on how to develop restoration plans for their shorelines.
Partnerships abound in restoring Sauk River
Several organizations and citizens partner in a project to restore Sauk River Watershed banks and shores.
MPCA at work: Taking the pulse of rivers
Jennifer Ender has her hand on the pulse of rivers in southeast Minnesota. As a pollution control specialist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, she checks the health of several rivers and contributing streams twice a month.
Helping truckers save money and clean up the air
Long-haul trucker Paul Ahles installed a new auxiliary power unit to provide heating/cooling and electricity without having to idle the truck's big engine. Ahles' investment saves him an estimated $500 per month!
West Fork Des Moines River
Communication, cooperation contribute to detailed action plan for West Fork Des Moines River watershed.
Feedlot fixes, sewage solutions, and healthier rivers
An alliance of local, state and federal agencies is starting to see the results of their efforts to protect and restore the waters of southeast Minnesota, where bacteria levels have dropped in two rivers.
Willmar’s new wastewater treatment plant a vast improvement
With the start-up of Willmar’s new wastewater treatment plant in 2010, one of the Minnesota River's largest sources of phosphorus is being greatly reduced.
Freeborn County ditches
Dennis Distad and Phil Tennis have spent the last 20 years working to protect water quality in Freeborn County. Through their efforts, every mile of the 350 miles of public ditches in the county will have grass strips that filter rain and snow melt running off farm fields.