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News stories from others related to lake health, water quality, climate resiliency, and more!

We’re over-salting sidewalks and pavement - here’s how to do it smarter (Star Tribune 12/18/2024)

Lakeshore homeowners play key role in lake health (Eden Prairie Local News 8/30/2024)

How greener schoolyards benefit kids — and the whole community (Grist 8/14/2024)

Native plants, lots of patience: How a Stearns County couple restored a damaged lakeshore (MPR News 8/28/2024)

On Cross Lake, loons make the case for protecting Minnesota's wild shores (MPR News 8/19/2024)

10 key data points and graphs about loss of shoreline on Minnesota’s lakes (MPR News 8/16/2024)

In NW Wisconsin, a county finds paying homeowners to keep shorelines natural pays off (MPR News 8/16/2024)

Protecting Minnesota’s vanishing natural shorelines (MPR News 8/14/2024)

‘Quit mowing’: Turning Minnesota lake homeowners into shoreline stewards, one lawn at a time (MPR News 8/15/2024)

Unchecked development, lax regulation push Minnesota lakeshores to the edge (MPR News 8/15/2024)

Mapping the urban heat island: Feeling the heat in your neighborhood? Help collect data on urban heat (Hennepin County)

State of Water: How suburban home aesthetics are scarring Minnesota shorelines. (WCCO News, 10/5/2023)

PFAS in Minnesota: How "forever chemicals" changed the state of water (WCCO News 7/13/2023)

Waterways see less road salt with mild winter but it's not all good news (Kare11 News 1/31/2023)

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