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Water Resources in Minnesota Significantly Improved by Land Restoration Water Resources in Minnesota Significantly Improved by Land Restoration
Release Date:
May 13, 2021
Conversion of agricultural lands to wetland and native prairie greatly enhanced the quality of water resources, increased groundwater recharge and decreased floodwaters in the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study.
Starting in 2000, The Nature Conservancy acquired and restored approximately 25,000 acres at Glacial Ridge, returning nearly all of the land to native wetland and prairie. Scientists with the USGS, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of Minnesota, compared the hydrology of the area before and after restoration. They found substantial improvements in groundwater flow, water runoff rates and water quality as a result of land restoration, especially in areas with shallow groundwater o
John R. Tester, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Rebecca A. Montgomery, and John J. Moriarty
The definitive work on Minnesota’s natural history and ecology updated, expanded, and copiously illustrated to account for profound changes to the state’s natural landscape over the past twenty-five years
The second edition of
Minnesota’s Natural Heritage introduces readers to the major ecosystems the lakes and rivers, forests and prairies, farmlands and wetlands that give our state its rich and varied character and have been profoundly altered in the twenty-five years since the book’s first edition.
Anyone with a deep affection for Minnesota’s natural resources, highly seasonal and variable climate, diverse ecosystems, and beautiful landscapes should read the second edition of