New Wetland Sites Dedicated To Help Reduce Nitrates By Dan VoigtAugust 6, 2009Emmetsburg News Article Photos      CREP?GROUNDBREAKING - A 550 acre site east of Graettinger was one of two locations in Palo Alto County that broke ground for a new Conservation Resource Enhancement Program on Tuesday. Various entities were on hand to witness [...]

Gulf Dead Zone Looks Smaller, but Appearances Deceive By By Brandon Keim, Wired Science at Wired.comJuly 28, 2009The infamous Gulf of Mexico dead zone looks smaller than predicted this year, but scientists say the reprieve is just temporary, and barely even a reprieve. Some worry that more pollution could cause the Gulf’s ecosystem to collapse. [...]

Controlling farm runoff could have multiple benefits By Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio August 5, 2009 Tracey, Minn. — A big contributor to the Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' is farmland runoff, but a new approach to farmland drainage may help reduce its size. The problem starts when farm runoff, containing a lot of nitrogen [...]