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Attack on groundwater and trout streams has begun again

Two legislators have renewed efforts to roll back basic protections for drinking water supplies and trout fisheries. Rep. Howe (R – Rockville) and Rep. Newberger (R- Becker) recently introduced H.F. 3399 and H.F. 3400, which undermine groundwater sustainability requirements and effectively prevent DNR from restricting excessive, unsustainable pumping of groundwater...

Urge Governor Dayton to vote “no” on test case of Great Lakes Compact and protect Lake Superior from future water diversions

On Thursday March 3, 2016 the DNR hosts a meeting in Duluth regarding a decision which could set a precedent either to allow Lake Superior waters to be diverted out of the basin or to prevent such diversions. The first test of the Great Lakes Compact is here – in...