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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PIERRE, S.D. - A bill in the South Dakota legislature would give landowners a tax break for keeping riparian buffer strips along streams, rivers and lakes. Senate Bill 66 would define a riparian ...

Booming times for crop prices spurred loss of 400 square miles of habitat in 5 years Dayton's idea would add back about half that amount, help with water quality On inflexibility, discussions seem to ...

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 ...