It calls for 50-foot buffer strips on lakes and rivers, but keeps the current 161/2-foot buffer strip requirement along ditches. Previously, the 161/2-foot buffer strip was only required in ditches ...

Minnesota farmers are hovering near 99% compliance with a buffer law that’s been enforced since 2017. That’s a sign of success in a state filled with waterways, wetlands and over 14,000 lakes that are ...

It’s still unclear how buffer strip legislation from the past session will affect farmers, but some answers may be available as early as this fall. The version of the buffer strip plan that passed in ...

A key water-quality initiative of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton last year - vegetative buffer strips along streams and drainage ditches - is returning for an encore performance at the Capitol in St. Paul ...

The buffer strip law in Minnesota has been a hot topic, but what exactly is it, why has it been so contentious and what’s going on at the state and local level? Here is a guide to the controversial ...

Water hazards create strategic and aesthetic interest and they enhance the environmental value of golf courses. They also can hold and filter stormwater runoff from the course and surrounding ...

Research has proven such strips help filter out phosphorus, nitrogen and sediment Mapping the state to determine locations for buffer strips is expected to take until July Effort costs at least $22 ...

The House of Representatives came up 10 votes short Tuesday in an attempt to override Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s veto of a voluntary conservation measure. The 37-28 vote on the House floor sustained ...

There was free money on the table for farmers this year, but most of them left it there. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s buffer strip program was designed as a reward for farmers who put runoff-absorbing grass ...