hydraulic fracturing

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…
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…