The agency urged the Legislature to consider whether tailings storage and processing methods are "compatible" in the same watershed as the wilderness area.
The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the newspaper by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Echo Press. To submit a letter, send it to aedenloff@echopress.com or Echo Press, P.O. Box 549, Alexandria, MN 56308.
Water Jeopardy was just one of 20 fun learning activities during the 30th annual Kids’ Groundwater Festival held at the Runestone Community Center in Alexandria on May 3.
A months-long petroleum leak at a Cenex gas station in Elgin, Minnesota last year resulted in 10,000 gallons of gallons spilling into the environment, threatening drinking water and creating an unstable gasoline plume within the groundwater that officials are still grappling with.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteers to conduct a simple water clarity test in a lake or stream at least twice a month during the summer.
The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the newspaper by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Echo Press. To submit a letter, send it to aedenloff@echopress.com or Echo Press, P.O. Box 549, Alexandria, MN 56308.
The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the newspaper by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Echo Press. To submit a letter, send it to aedenloff@echopress.com or Echo Press, P.O. Box 549, Alexandria, MN 56308.
Three finalists will be selected in each category and voting will be open to select People’s Choice winners. The finalists will be on display at the We Are Water MN exhibit starting in mid-May.
