The dry conditions mean a number of farmers, golf courses, cities, and other entities are pulling water out of the ground ... state of groundwater in Minnesota is a DNR hydrologist, Ellen Considine.

An old dam on a troubled trout stream in central Minnesota has disrupted the water's flow ... One option would be to pump groundwater to augment Little Rock Creek. But DNR officials are not ...

A Star Tribune review of water permit data reported each year to the DNR found more than ... the Irrigators Association of Minnesota. "Nobody wants to have to pump as much we did," Wildman said.

“We have a lot of water, but that doesn't mean we have excess water,” said Barb Naramore, deputy commissioner of the DNR ... under the ground. According to the University of Minnesota ...

It's a twist that would make Tex Avery proud: a duck has temporarily taken over the nest featured on Minnesota ... water. "Mallard chicks are resilient and should survive the drop to the ground ...

A new study found that specific insecticides, called neonicotinoids, were found at high concentrations in some ground and surface water ... the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR ...

About 30% of fatal boating accidents each year happen during the cold-water period, and many involve victims who weren’t wearing a life jacket. Anglers try their luck for sturgeon in Four-Mile ...

Franconia Minerals LLC, a subsidiary of Twin Metals Minnesota ... to surface water in the Rainy River-Headwater that drains into the BWCA, said Erik Evans, a spokesperson for the DNR.

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the Minnesota Department ... of being safe on the water. With boating and lake activity expected to increase in the coming weeks, DNR conservation officers ...