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 ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-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 ...

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 ...

A key water-quality initiative of 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 this week ...

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 ...

Most McLeod County land bordering ditches, streams, rivers and lakes meets buffer strip regulations implemented in 2015. The laws, which were championed by Gov. Mark Dayton, call for a vegetative ...

This 50-foot buffer strip is on the Vermillion River near Hastings in Dakota County. The county has been aggressive in its enforcement of a state statute requiring the buffer strips on some rivers and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A break on property taxes hasn’t spurred much participation in a cleaner-water program meant to reduce runoff from agricultural fields and pastures in South Dakota. So state ...

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 ...