Action alert: Protect Minnesota’s trout streams and groundwater

The deadline to notify the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) that the Groundwater Protection Rule is failing to prevent nitrate pollution in our trout streams and groundwater is Thursday, March 12. At a minimum, the agency needs to hear from you and your friends that: The current Rule is not adequate to...

By on March 6, 2026
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Inform our policy platform

We are looking ahead to the next state legislative session and preparing our policy platform. Preventing Fish Kills will continue to be one overarching goal of MNTU as we consider specific hurdles to our work conserving, protecting, restoring, and sustaining Minnesota’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.Some issues we know will...

By on August 11, 2025
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2025 legislative session recap

Legislative session was more a game of defense, rather than much momentum forward this year. In general we held the line on our priority issues and were happy that so many of you showed up to attend rallies and hearings, and in submitting letters of concern to your elected officials....

By - MNTU Executive Director on August 8, 2025
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Nitrates, feedlots and fish kills: MNTU pushes for stronger feedlot rules

MNTU has a long history of developing awareness of, and urging action to reduce, nitrate contamination, especially where contamination impacts Minnesota’s trout streams (see timeline). Regulating nitrates in Minnesota, especially southeast Minnesota, is critical to protect the region’s coldwater fisheries, including brook, brown, and rainbow trout. These...

By on May 8, 2025
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