March 2005

Sign up begins today for Conservation Security Program By Stella Shaffer -Radio Iowa- 3/28/05

Idea would keep power going when the wind isn't blowing By Dennis Lien -Pioneer Press- 3/28/05

A driving passion for ethanol By Joy Powell -Star Tribune- 3/28/05

Kicking the tires By Guy Wolf -FightingBob.com- 3/27/05

A call for more ducks, cleaner wetlands and water BY CHRIS NISKANEN -Pioneer Press- 3/27/05

Organic agriculture: It's worth the wait By MATTHEW WILDE -WCF Courier- 3/27/05

Albert Lea bio-diesel co-op gets USDA development loan By Dick Johnson -globalgazette.com- 3/26/05

Science Matters: Transporting food can cost the Earth By David Suzuki 3/25/05

Family farms have a new face By Sarah Fleener -Budgeteer News- 3/25/05

EPA Chided for Disregarding Study of Benefits from Mercury Curbs By John Heilprin -Associated Press- 3/23/05

Is Agribusiness Making Food Less Nutritious? By Cheryl Long and Lynn Keiley -Mother Earth News- 3/21/05

Duck rally set to fly By Sam Cook -Duluth News News Tribune- 3/20/05

Ditching plows to help the soil: No-till agriculture is planting on ground not plowed By JENNIFER GISH -York Daily Record- 3/20/05

USDA Announces Conservation Security Program Sign-up to Begin March 28 By Mark Schultz -Land Stewardship Project- 3/19/05

Study Links Mercury from Power Plants to Autism By Todd Ackerman -Houston Chronicle- 3/18/05

Scientists: Road Salt Harms Environment -Associated Press- 3/18/05

Commissioners seek stronger language for water tax concerns By Laura Adelmann -Thisweek Newspapers- 3/18/05

Minnesota Halts Jet Fuel Leaks, Spills at Twin Cities Airport -ENS- 3/18/05

Solution for tainted water near, city says: TCE contamination near state's limit; Superfund money sought BY MARY DIVINE -Pioneer Press- 3/17/05

Mercury in Fish Linked to Increased Heart Disease -Turtle Island Restoration Network- 3/17/05

Transporting food can cost the Earth By David Suzuki -Question- 3/17/05

Plan would divert tax to wildlife habitats BY SCOTT THISTLE -Duluth NEWS TRIBUNE- 3/16/05

Area lawmaker wants outdoors amendment: Funding would be guaranteed for 25 years By Julie Bratvold -Mesabi Daily News- 3/16/05

Natural progression: Organic farmers continue to gain ground across the Midwest, but it's still a tough row to hoe By Thomas Washington -The Chicago Tribune- 3/16/05

Simply organic By MEGAN REICHGOTT -ASSOCIATED PRESS- 3/16/05

EPA targets utilities’ mercury pollution: Industry favors new system, environmentalists opposed -Associated Press- 3/15/05

Clean Water Legacy Act may have big impact By Janet Kubat Willette -Agri News- 3/15/05

Dispute: What Makes Milk Organic? By AMANDA ONION -ABC News- 3/14/05

Boom or bust? Corn growers hope to turn fuel on its ear By Scott Kilman -The Wall Street Journal- 3/13/05

Environmental groups won't disband after withdrawal of tire burner -ASSOCIATED PRESS- 3/11/05

Call of the Root: Lure of trout draws anglers even in dead of winter -The Journal Times- 3/11/05

ballm Currents By Norman Senjem -MPCA- 3/9/05

'Organic' milk needs a pasture By Elizabeth Weise -USA TODAY- 3/9/05

Developer abandons plan for tire-burning plant By Tom Meersman -Star Tribune- 3/9/05

Mercury hurts children most By CHRISTINE ZIEBOLD -Pioneer Press- 3/6/05

Doubling ethanol requirement makes sense for economy and security -Pioneer Press- 3/3/05

Erosion Control Industry Embraces New River Restoration Tool -THI RiverWorks- 3/3/05

Cleaning Up Factory Farms By J.R. Pegg -Environment News Service- 3/2/05

Mercury Damage to Babies Costs Billions, Study Says By Devlin Barrett -Associated Press- 3/1/05