Minnesota Water Resources Center Annual Highlights 2023
A compilation of the WRC's scope of work in 2023, including grant awards, emerging water concerns and strategies for meeting those challenges.
Tracking changes in snow dynamics in northern Minnesota watersheds
by Mariel Jones, Doctoral student, Water Resources Science
In Minnesota we love to complain about snow. Is there too much? “I’ve been shoveling all day!” Not enough? “We can’t go sledding!” Snow in October? “Where’s Fall?!” Snow in May? “Where’s Spring?!” Recent snow patterns in Minnesota show that climate change is directly affecting our winters, thus creating myriad opportunities for conversations about snow.
How socially and culturally diverse Minnesotans value water
Understanding how different communities value water and prioritize its protection is critical to effective policy and governance. Editor's note: The research team on this project included WRS faculty Mae Davenport, Bonnie Keeler and Water Resources Center Research & Extension Educator Sarah Roth.
University of Minnesota consortium receives inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines award
WRC director Jeff Peterson is a member of the ReNEW leadership group, and in that capacity he will help shape the direction of the engine’s activities as well as the University of Minnesota’s involvement.
Director of key DoD research programs visits the University
On January 17, 2024, the Research and Innovation Office (RIO) facilitated a visit by Kim Spangler, director of the Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). Members of the research community, including Water Resources Center director, Jeff Peterson, gathered at Walter Library to hear Spangler give an overview of SERDP and ESTCP, which facilitate research and discovery for the DoD.