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Bringing Lake Pepin Back from the Brink

Located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers, Lake Pepin is 40,000 acres of recreational paradise and a drainage point for more than half of Minnesota’s freshwater. In 2004, Lake Pepin gained another distinction—it was added to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) list of impaired waters. more >>
 

WRC Holds Public Meetings Around the State on Minnesota's Water Priorities

Minnesotans will have the chance to voice their opinion in person on how the state should invest resources to protect clean water at statewide public meetings beginning Jan. 19, 2010 coordinated by the University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center. The meetings, called “listening sessions,” will be facilitated by staff from the Water Resources Center and Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and are a chance for people to voice their opinions on a range of water-related issues from boating and water recreation, to priorities for cleaning up polluted lakes and streams. more >>