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First Test of 2013 MN Frac Sand Law is Successful

July 31, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Energy, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming, Health, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog, oil, rural, Water
clean water, DNR, environmental review, Erickson frac sand mine, fisheries, frac sand mining, Houston County, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracturing, karst geology, Land Stewardship Project, southeastern Minnesota, Tracie Erickson, Trout Stream Setback, trout streams

By Johanna Rupprecht, Land Stewardship Project The owner of a controversial Houston County silica sand mine was notified Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that he must stop mining…
Dust-to-Dust: Don’t Blame the Drought

November 30, 2012
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog, rural
Dirty Thirties, Dust Bowl, Ken Burns, Land Stewardship Project, monocropping, soil and water conservation districts, soil erosion, soil healthy, The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan

I recently phoned members of my geographically far-flung family to give them Thanksgiving greetings and was struck by a common element of our ensuing conversations. From Iowa and Nebraska to Kentucky and…