Contributed by Peg Furshong, CURE’s Director of Programs Having grown up in the mountains of Western Montana, a place where you would expect to see all sorts of wildlife, I continue to be amazed at the numbers of bald eagles that reside in the Upper Minnesota River Valley. I commute about 40 miles to work […]
Water
Minnesota Appeals Court Rules Limbo Creek a Public Water
On October 4, 2021, the Minnesota Court of Appeals delivered a significant win for public waters across the state as well as Renville County’s last free-flowing stream, ruling that environmental review of a ditch proposal to channelize Limbo Creek is required because Limbo Creek is a “public water” entitled to protection. The precedential opinion extends […]
Eyes on Line 3 and Enbridge
Who is watching out for our public waters? Who is holding Enbridge accountable? As of August 10, 2021, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) reports that 63% of northern Minnesota’s horizontal directional drilling locations have polluted our public waters. In a public statement, MPCA shared its summary of the harm caused (so far) by Enbridge […]