Agriculture, Tourism and Power Generation The Red Cedar Watershed Basin Health and Prosperity Inside the Red Cedar Basin: Economy, Ecology, and Recovery August 20, 2026 Rachel Tilseth To secure a resilient future, the Red Cedar Watershed community must build on current momentum and commit to aggressive, long-term watershed remediation. Decades of upstream agricultural runoff have fueled severe,…
Hitting the 40% phosphorus reduction targets. Save our local waterways. Severe blue-green algae blooms choke Lake Menomin. Troubled Waters: The Algae Crisis and Lake Menomin’s Future July 10, 2026 Rachel Tilseth The twenty-year journey to restoring Lake Menomin’s phosphorus targets has made minimal progress. The intoxicating scent of sewage and thick mats of neon-green scum have become synonymous with Lake Menomin…