Updated Minnesota Groundwater Protection Rule Map – 2025
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has published an updated map that will help farmers across the state comply with the Groundwater Protection Rule. The rule restricts fall application of nitrogen fertilizer in areas vu […]
Projects and Practices Improving and Protecting Water Resources are Focus of Watershed Tour
More than 60 people collaborating on urban and rural conservation projects and practices attended a tour with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources ( […]
Nitrogen reduction, collaboration drive Dakota County’s ACRE Plan
By Steve Christopher and Ann Wessel, Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR) staff
Originally published in BWSR’s Snapshot series […]
Dakota County Monitoring Well Information Available Online
In 2021-2022, as part of the Agricultural Chemical Reduction Effort (ACRE), Environmental Resources had 15 monitoring wells installed in rural areas of the county. This project was a cooperative effort with the Minnesota Departm […]
