Recent Posts

• "Shoot the Rapids" Award Presentation to Rep. Persell Posted 2 days ago
  The afternoon of December 9th, MCEA's executive director, Scott Strand, and legislative director, Allison Wolf, presented the "Shoot the Rapids" award to Representative John Persell for his hard work as the author of the Clean Water Accountability Act last session. We extend our sincere thanks to Representative Persell, who has a special interest in water quality issues and represents part of Minnesota's iconic Lake Country.
• Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan Comments Posted last month
  MCEA recently submitted comments on the Department of Agriculture’s revision to the Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan. The plan was originally required by the 1989 Groundwater Protection Act, which set out escalating requirements for agriculture to prevent groundwater degradation. The Department of Agriculture decided to update the plan, but the revision essentially ignores the two decades that have led to increasing nitrate pollution in the state’s waters. MCEA’s comments called for immediate action by the department (including “water resource protection requirements” authorized by the Act) to protect groundwater.
• MCEA intern studies bicycling in Minneapolis Posted 2 months ago
  This summer, Jacob Saffert, a senior at St. John's University and a Rooney Fellow, interned with MCEA.  He studied bicycling in Minneapolis, meeting with a number of local city planners, health officials, bicycle advocates, and transportation planners to identify how Minneapolis can further increase ridership and remain a national example of a bike-friendly city.   He also performed on-site research and conducted a literature review on the topic.  Eventually, Jacob chose to compare two adjacent communities with disparate bikeability, Near North and Calhoun-Isles.  Since Near North’s bicycle commute mode share is approximately one-third of Calhoun-Isle’s, he focused on ways to increase ...