Mending the Minnesota
A study of its basin paves the way for cleaner water everywhere
The Minnesota River’s usually placid surface belies its status as a river —and a watershed—in need of help.
The river is naturally prone to heavy sediment loads. It runs through rich glacial deposits, in a channel carved by a catastrophic flood at the end of the last ice age, when a large lake formed by glacial meltwater gave way. (more…)