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Minnesota farmers are getting paid to fight climate change by cultivating a new cash crop: carbon

October 24, 2021

MN state soil health specialist Anna Cates is quoted.


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New University of Minnesota Extension Educator to address complex water resource challenges

September 29, 2021

Maggie Karschnia joins the Extension Water Resources Team.


A woman's hands hold chunks of soil, separating the aggregates. White text over image reads "MOSH, Minnesota Office for Soil Health".

Greener farms of the future

August 24, 2021

MN state soil health specialist Anna Cates is quoted.


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RV holding tank treatments: What’s best for the environment?

August 6, 2021

Onsite Sewage Treatment Program researcher Sara Heger is quoted.


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Clock is ticking on dreams of saving Salton Sea with water from Mexico's Sea of Cortez

June 11, 2021

California's Natural Resources Agency has until the end of 2022 to decide what its long-term plan will be for the state's largest lake. Water Resources Center staff Lucia Levers is quoted.