Water Resources Center

The Water Resources Center is affiliated with the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and University of Minnesota Extension.

Water Resources Policy and Social Science Publications

Steiger-Meister, K. 2009. The Drama of the Commons and its Impact on Adaptive Management: A Social Science Perspective on the Slippery Nature of Water Policy. Oral Presentation. American Water Resources Association Specialty Conference: Adaptive Management of Water Resources II, June 29 – July 1, 2009, Snowbird, UT.

Steiger-Meister, K. 2009. Minnesota’s Lake Improvement Districts. Lakes and Rivers Conference hosted by Minnesota Waters, May 6-9, 2009. Rochester, MN.

Sleeper, F. and B. N. Wilson. 2008. Impaired Waters Research Symposium February 11-12, 2008: Final Report (.pdf). 58 pp.

 Steiger-Meister, K. 2008. When ripples become waves: Building synergy among local stakeholders to affect top-down water policy. 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), June 10-14, 2008, University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.

Water Resource Center. 2008. Developing an Effectiveness Tracking and Reporting Framework for Implementing the Clean Water Legacy Act: Final Report (.pdf). St. Paul, MN. 60 pp.