Gov. Mark Dayton

Dayton’s Veto Was Right Decision for Rural Minnesota

May 28, 2015
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Clean Water, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
corporate interests, Gov. Mark Dayton, House File 846, Land Stewardship Project, Loretta Jaus, Minnesota Legislature, MPCA Citizens' Board, rural Minnesota, veto

By Loretta Jaus Last Thursday I traveled from my dairy farm in Sibley County to the Governor’s Mansion in Saint Paul. I wanted to be with other Minnesotans who were gathered there…
Sand, Land & Land Stewardship

April 21, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, clean air, Clean Energy, clean energy development, clean energy future, Energy, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
Citizens' Frac Sand Summit, extreme energy, frac sand mining, frac sand moratorium, frac sand petition, Gov. Mark Dayton, hydraulic fracturing, karst geology, Land Stewardship Project, People's EIS Scoping Report, soil health

By Johanna Rupprecht, Land Stewardship Project For longer than I can remember, my family has taken the same route from our farm in southeast Minnesota to visit my grandparents in north-central Wisconsin.…
Gov. Dayton: This is Farmland, Not Fracland

December 9, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Clean Energy, Energy, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
Bob Christie, energy companies, frac sand mining, frac sand mining ban, fracking, Gov. Mark Dayton, groundwater, hydraulic fracturing, Land Stewardship Project

By Bob Christie NOTE: Land Stewardship Project members and staff met with Governor Mark Dayton about frac sand mining issues on Dec. 4 in Winona, Minn. The meeting began with Bob Christie…