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The Year of Water Action theme for April is Sustainable Practices for Clean Water. WRS faculty Mary Meyer and Assistant Extension Professor Sam Bauer are working on Reducing Water Use in Automated Home Lawn Irrigation Systems
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The Paul L. Busch Award recognizes an individual for innovative research in the field of water quality and the water environment, with a special focus on those who show promise and make significant contributions in bridging research and its practical application. The award comes with a grant of $100,000 to continue their work.
Deadline June 1, 2017
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Mirko Musa, PhD Candidate in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering and student at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, was awarded the Heinz G. Stefan Fellowship during a special SAFL seminar on March 28th, 2017
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WRS Seminar
Dissolved Organic Matter in Major Rivers Across the Pan-Arctic from Satellite Remote Sensing
Claire Griffin, Post Doc, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
April 7, 2017 - 3:00pm
Borlaug Hall, Room 375 - St. Paul Campus
WRS-Duluth Seminar
Bioremediation
Chanlan Chun, Assistant Professor, Natural Resources Research Institute and Department of Civil Engineering
April 6, 2017 - 11:00am
Research Laboratory Building (RLB), Room 200
SAFL Seminar
A Tale of Two (Contradictory?) Poles: What Happens When People are Exposed to Seemingly Contradictory Information About Sea Ice and Climate Change
Katie Barnhart, Institute for Artic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder
April 11, 2017 - 3:30pm
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota
SWAC Seminar
Communicating Science
Stacy Nordstrom, Department of Soil, Water, & Climate
April 5, 2017- 3:30pm
375 Borlaug Hall
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Smith Partners Sustainability Fellow Katherine McLellan is Getting to the Bottom of Buffers. Learn more about the fellowship and McLellan's investigation into sources of nitrate to shallow groundwater in riparian zones of the Cottonwood River.
The Lakes, Rivers, & Water Community Calendar from Conservation Minnesota is a list of water-related events around the state
Details of urban N and P budgets. Sarah Hobbie, Jacques Finlay, Ben Janke, Dan Nidzgorski, Dylan Millet, and Larry Baker published a report detailing sources of urban N and P pollution. N sources were dominated by household activities -- especially, fertilizer and pet waste. In addition to their detailed nutrient budgets, the authors discuss implications of their results for management. See the full article in PNAS online.. or listen to the story on MPR
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