Watershed Protection

Is Minnesota doing enough to protect our drinking water?

by Trevor Russell

September 13, 2023

A recent headline in the Star Tribune said it all: 'Little action so far on plan to enlist farmers to clean up polluted groundwater in Minnesota.' How did we get here? And what do we do about it? Read more

Person holds a mason jar of clear water in a field of Kernza

Sackett case: How the Supreme Court ruling impacts the Mississippi River

June 12, 2023

On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a decision that drastically narrows the scope of the Clean Water Act and represents one of the most far-reaching rollbacks to this decades-old law since its passage in 1972. Read more

FMR's Laura Mann Hill featured in 'SciGirls River Rescuers' episode

May 25, 2023

Catch FMR Stewardship & Education Program Director Laura Mann Hill in the latest "SciGirls" series. Read more

Four young people look at a watershed model with Laura

FMR joins environmental group's petition for clean drinking water in SE Minnesota

May 2, 2023

Nitrate levels in private and public wells are endangering drinking water for southeastern Minnesotans. We've signed on to a petition to urge the EPA to take action. Read more

Person holding drinking water in Kernza field

Video: Top 8 runoff pollutants in our metro waterways

August 18, 2022

2022 Gulf dead zone smaller than last year, would still cover entire Twin Cities metro

by Shaymus McLaughlin

August 16, 2022

The life-smothering "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than scientists had forecast earlier in 2022, but remains significantly large. Read more