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Guest Opinion: Soil and Water Conservation Districts: Ensuring funding for the boots on the ground
Soil and Water Conservation Districts, while perhaps not as well-known as the DNR or PCA, are a vital component of a healthy environment by helping direct and manage natural resource programs in MinnesotaContinue reading
Dayton veto brings GOP counterpunch to governor’s groundwater legacy
Dayton vetoed the ag policy bill on Monday. And now, lawmakers are moving toward delaying his agriculture department’s groundwater protection ruleContinue reading
Republicans at the Legislature suggest tapping lottery trust fund for public works
The little-known Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) uses more than $1 billion from a lottery-fueled trust fund to pay for environment and natural-resource projectsContinue reading
Dayton vetoes wild rice bill, calls it ‘extreme overreach’
Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday vetoed an attempt by a bipartisan group of lawmakers to nullify the state’s wild rice sulfate standardContinue reading
Bipartisan steps will yield better water quality in years ahead
the positive effects of these modifications to the Clean Water Legacy Act will ripple across the state, yielding better water quality and greater responsiveness to impaired waters in the months and years aheadContinue reading
Legislators push for water quality easements
A bonding request would help fully fund a program that establishes conservation practices on private land using state and federal dollars, supporters sayContinue reading
Could fewer lawsuits lead to less salt in state waters?
A bill that would incentivize water-friendly salt application methods was approved as amended by the House Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance CommitteeContinue reading
Bonding Committee visits critical Southwest MN projects
The committee in charge of developing the bonding bill is the Capital Investment Committee, and recently I joined them for a tour of several projects in our area.Continue reading
Minnesota must not back down on infrastructure
The Minnesota House Capital Investment committee traveled the state this autumn viewing proposed infrastructure projects that the state may invest in by issuing bondsContinue reading
Ruud named Legislator of Year for environmental work
Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, was named Legislator of the Year by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts for her work in preserving Minnesota’s environment during the 2017 legislative sessionContinue reading
