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Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 1
MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN TRENDS REPORT SELECTED REFERENCES
HISTORY
Pre EuroSettlement Conditions Bray, Edmund and Martha Coleman Bray Editors. 1976. Joseph N. Nicollet on the Plains
and Prairies: The Expeditions of 183839 with Journals, Letters, and Notes on the Dakota Indians. Minnesota Historical Society.
Carver, Jonathan. 1956. Travels through the Interior Parts of North America in the years 1766, 1767 and 1768. Ross & Hines Inc.
Featherstonhaugh , George W. 1970. A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotar: With an account of the lead and Cooper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee County; and Sketches of Popular Manners. Minnesota Historical Society Press.
Minnesota County Biological Survey (MCBS) September 2007. Native Plant Communities and Rare Species of The Minnesota River Valley Counties. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR). http://www.mndnr.gov/eco/mcbs/index.html
Original Vegetation Map: Adapted from Marschner, F.J. 1974. The original vegetation of Minnesota, compiled from U.S. General Land Office Survey notes [map]. 1:500,000. Redrafted from the 1930. Original by P.J. Burwell and S.J. Haas under the direction of M.L. Heinselman. St. Paul: North Central Forest Experiment Station, United States Department of Agriculture.
Prairies
Minnesota County Biological Survey (MCBS), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. September 2007. Native Plant Communities and Rare Species of The Minnesota River Valley Counties. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources http://www.mndnr.gov/eco/mcbs/index.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). 2006. Tomorrow’s Habitat for the Wild and Rare: An Action Plan for Minnesota Wildlife, Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Division of Ecological Services, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/assistance/nrplanning/bigpicture/cwcs/profiles/minn esota_river_prairie.pdf
MDNR. 2007. Prairie Protection Website. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/prairierestoration/index.html
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 2
US Fish & Wildlife Service. 2009. Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR Website. http://www.fws.gov/midwest/NorthernTallgrassPrairie/index.html
Big Woods Crosby, Jackie. June 12, 2002. “New Growth for the Big Woods.” Minneapolis Star
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Harris, Fred. 2009. MDNR Staff. Personal Communication.
Wovcha, Daniel and Fred Harris. July/ August 1998. Minnesota Volunteer Magazine. Department of Natural Resources. “The Big Woods” www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/julaug98/bigwoods.html
For more information: Fred Harris, Plant Ecologist/Botanist; Minnesota County Biological Survey, MN DNR; P.O. Box 205, 500 Lafayette Road; St. Paul, MN 55155; 6512595084; fred.harris@dnr.state.mn.us
Land Drainage Kuehner, Kevin. 2004. An Historical Perspective of Hydrologic Changes in Seven Mile
Creek Watershed. Brown Nicollet Cottonwood Water Quality Board. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/org/bnc/sevenmile.html
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 1997. Minnesota River Basin Information Document. St. Paul, MN.
The River Today Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). 2007. Progress Report: Decades of Effort
Show Improvement in Minnesota River Water Quality.
MPCA. 2007. Minnesota River Basin: Impaired Waters, TMDLs and Water Quality. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/basins/mnriver/mnrivertmdl.html
Minnesota State University, Mankato Water Resources Center. 2008. Impaired Waters in the Minnesota River Basin. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/mnbasin/impaired/index.html
LAND USE & DEMOGRAPHICS
Population Trends
Minnesota Planning. 2000. Map of Minnesota Population Change 19902000.
US Census Bureau. 2000 Census. Population Change by County between Censuses.
Urban Bauer, Marvin. 2009. Personal communication. University of Minnesota’s Remote
Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 3
Center for Rural Policy and Development. 2008. Atlas of Minnesota. http://www.mnsu.edu/ruralmn/pages/Publications/Atlas/Atlasonline/indexatlas/p eople03.php
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Manson , Steven and Marvin Bauer. Fall 2006. Changing Landscapes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. CURA Reporter. http://www.mngislis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=145
Metro Area Impervious Surface maps: Maps Courtesy of University of Minnesota’s Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory
Minnesota State Demographic Center. December 2006. Halftime Highlights: Minnesota at Half Decade.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 1997. Minnesota River Basin Information Document. St. Paul, MN.
Yuan, Fei, Kali Sawaya, Brian Loeffelholz, Marvin E. Bauer. August 2005. Land cover classification and change analysis of the Twin Cities (Minnesota) Metropolitan Area by multitemporal Landsat remote sensing. Remote Sensing of the Environment. 98 (2005) 317328.
Rural Hastad, Trudy. 2009. Personal Communication. Lac qui Parle – Yellow Bank Watershed
Project;, District Administrator; 600 6 th St.; Madison, MN 56256; 3205983117
Minnesota Planning. July, 2000. Implications of rural Minnesota’s changes demographics.
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Minnesota State Demographic Center. February, 2004. Elderly Minnesotans: A 2000 Census Portrait
Minnesota State Demographic Center. 2007. Minnesota Housing Prices, 20072008 http://www.demography.state.mn.us/documents/MinnesotaHousingPrices20072008.p df
U.S. Census Bureau. Last Updated on September 4, 2009. Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and Yellow Medicine population numbers from 1900 to 2000
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 4
Farm Land US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. Accessed 2009.
Minnesota Agricultural Statistics. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp
US Census of Agriculture. 2007. Agricultural Census. http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapt er_2_County_Level/Minnesota/index.asp
Farm Size & Number Center for Rural Policy and Development (CRPD). 2009. Rural Atlas Online.
http://www.mnsu.edu/ruralmn/pages/Publications/Atlas/Atlasonline/indexatla s/ag10.php
Holt, Jerry. July 20, 2009. Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Minnesota among nation’s farmers market hot spots”
National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). 2008. The Average Farmer www.wheatworld.org/pdf/Theaveragefarmer.pdf
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). 2007. 2007 Census of Agriculture: Minnesota state and county data [online]. Vol. 1, Geographic Area Series. Available at http://151.121.3.33:8080/Census/Create_Census_US_CNTY.jsp
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). 2005. Minnesota statistics [online]. Available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp#.html
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service. Minnesota Agricultural Statistics. Accessed 2009. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp
University of Minnesota & Environmental Quality Board. 1999. Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) on Animal Agriculture: A Summary of the Literature Related to Land Use. http://www.eqb.state.mn.us/geis/LS_Landuse.pdf
University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics. 2008. Minnesota Land Economics website. Estimated Land Values. http://www.landeconomics.umn.edu/MLE/landdata/LandValue/RunReport.aspx ?RI=567188#
Crop Types & Farming Practices Burns, Bert Earl. 1954. Agricultural Drainage in Blue Earth County Minnesota. PhD
Dissertation Geography Department. University of Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 5
US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. Accessed 2009. Minnesota Agricultural Statistics. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp
Corn & Soybeans Hicks, Dale R. November 2005. A Look at Minnesota Corn Yields over Time. University of
Minnesota, Minnesota Crop News. http://www.extension.umn.edu/cropenews/2005/05MNCN57.htm
Hicks, Dale. 2009. Personal Communication. University of Minnesota Agronomy and Plant Genetics.
LeBaron, Homer. 2008. The triazine herbicides: 50 years revolutionizing agriculture. Elsevier Press. San Diego, CA.
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemna: A Natural History of Four Meals. Penguin Press. New York, NY.
US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. Accessed 2009. Minnesota Agricultural Statistics. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp
Fertilizers Barr Engineering Company. 2004. Detailed assessment of phosphorus sources to Minnesota
Watersheds. MPCA, Saint Paul, MN.
Birr, Adam and Technical Committee Members. 2008. Minnesota Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan 2008. Chapter 9: Agricultural Nutrients. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. St. Paul, MN.
Hargett, N.L. and J.T. Berry. 1988. Commercial Fertilizers. Tennessee Valley Authority. Mussel Shores, Alabama.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. 2007. Nutrient and Pesticide Management Assessment of Producers Seven Mile Creek Watershed, Nicollet County FANMAP.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. 2002. Nutrient and Pesticide Management Assessment of Producers in the St. Peter Seven Mile Creek Watershed Area FANMAP.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. February 2006. Lower Minnesota River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Implementation Plan. Regional Division, MPCA
Montgomery, Bruce and Technical Committee Members. 2002. Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan 2001 2005. Chapter 9: Agricultural Nutrients. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. St. Paul, MN.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 6
Montgomery, Bruce. 2008. Fertilizer Use and NUE 2007. Powerpoint Presentation. Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Randall, Gyles W. and David J. Mulla. MarchApril 2001. Nitrate Nitrogen in Surface Waters as Influenced by Climatic Conditions and Agricultural Practices. Journal of Environmental Quality. Volume 30.
Pesticides Gunsolus, Jeffrey L. 2006. Ten Years of Roundup Ready Where Are We Now?
University of Minnesota Applied Weed Science Research http:// appliedweeds.cfans.umn.edu
Gunsolus, Jeffrey. 2009. Personal Communication. University of Minnesota Agronomy and Plant Genetics Professor and Extension Weed Scientist.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. 2008. 2007 Water Quality Monitoring Report. Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Division.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. May 2007. 2005 Pesticide Usage on Four Major Crops in Minnesota. MDA and USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. October 2008. Minnesota National Lakes Assessment Project: Pesticides in Minnesota Lakes.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. 2008. Pesticide Sales Information Search. http://www.mda.state.mn.us/chemicals/pesticides/useandsales.htm
Oregon State University and USEPA. National Pesticide Information Center website. http://npic.orst.edu/az.html#G
University of Minnesota. 2009. Applied Weed Science Research website. http://appliedweeds.cfans.umn.edu/
USEPA. 20002001 Pesticide Market Estimates. http://www.epa.gov/oppbead1/pestsales/01pestsales/usage2001_2.htm#3_6
Wikipedia. 2009. Roundup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup
Animal Agriculture Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2007. Progress on a Long Voyage: Decades of
Improvement in Minnesota River Water Quality. St. Paul, MN.
Montgomery, Bruce and Technical Committee Members. 2002. Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan 2001 2005. Chapter 9: Agricultural Nutrients. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. St. Paul, MN.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 7
US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. Minnesota Agricultural Statistics. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp
University of Minnesota & Environmental Quality Board. 1999. Literature Summary for the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) on Animal Agriculture: A Summary of the Literature Related to the Effects of Animal Agriculture on Water Resources. http://www.eqb.state.mn.us/geis/LS_Water.pdf
University of Minnesota & Environmental Quality Board. 1999. Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) on Animal Agriculture: A Summary of the Literature Related to Land Use. http://www.eqb.state.mn.us/geis/LS_Landuse.pdf
University of Minnesota Extension. 2009. Swine Production and Technology website http://www.extension.umn.edu/SwineProduction/about.html
Conservation Easements Berner, Alfred H. 1988. Federal Pheasants – Impact of Federal Agricultural Programs on
Pheasant Habitat, 19341985. The Wildlife Society.
Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) Last accessed on September, 2009. Reinvest in Minnesota Reserve Program (RIM). http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/easements/rim/index.html
BWSR. Last accessed on September, 2009. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program – A Look Back. http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/easements/crep/creponevstwo.pdf
BWSR. Last accessed on September, 2009. Minnesota River CREP Easement Summary by County. http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/easements/crep/easementsummary.html
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. January 1994. Minnesota River Assessment Project Report Volume 1, Workplan and Project Summary. Report to the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Last accessed on September, 2009. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). http://www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ecs/agron/crp/crp.html
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma – A Natural History of Four Meals. The Penguin Press. New York, NY.
Krohn, Tim and John Cross. July 10, 2008. “Reaching the Rapids.” Mankato Free Press.
Time Magazine. August 13, 1956. “Agriculture: Soil Bank: A Winning Bet.”
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 8
Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University Mankato. Last updated on April 15, 2003. Minnesota River Timeline. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu
Best Management Practices Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). 1997. Minnesota River Basin Information
Document. St. Paul, MN.
Natural Resources Conservation Service; Last accessed on September, 2009. Crop Residue Management. http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/solutions/cropresidue.html
Ruhland, Vic. April 2005. Through these eyes: The First 70 Years of Soil and Water Conservation in Minnesota. Minnesota Office, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service.http://www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/news/Minnesota%20History4.pdf
Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University Mankato. August 20, 2008. 2007 Tillage Transect Survey Final Report. Prepared for the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
Wastewater EPA. 2008. Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force: Success
Stories http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/success_stories.htm
McCormick, Lisa. 2009. MPCA staff. Personal Communication.
Minnesota Public Radio. May 23, 2006. Minnesota River phosphorus cleanup. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/05/23/mnriverphosphorus/
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). 1997. Minnesota River Basin Information Document. St. Paul, MN.
MPCA Website. 2007. Minnesota River Basin: General Phosphorus PermitPhase 1. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/basins/mnriver/mnriver phosphoruspermit.html
MPCA. 2007. Progress Report: Decades of Effort Show Improvement in Minnesota River Water Quality.
Septic Systems & Undersewered Communities EPA. 2009. Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force website.
Success Stories. http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/success_stories.htm
Kuehner, Kevin & Scott Matteson. 2006. Straight Pipe Septic Monitoring Project. Seven Mile Creek Watershed Project and Water Resources Center Minnesota State University, Mankato.
McCormick, Lisa. 2009. MPCA staff. Personal Communication.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 9
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). 1997. Minnesota River Basin Information Document. St. Paul, MN.
MPCA. 2007. Progress Report: Decades of Effort Show Improvement in Minnesota River Water Quality.
MPCA Website. 2007. Minnesota River Basin: General Phosphorus PermitPhase 1. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/basins/mnriver/mnriver phosphoruspermit.html
MPCA. June 2008. Small Community Wastewater Needs in Minnesota. Final Report. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/wqwwtp106.pdf
Minnesota Public Radio. May 23, 2006. Minnesota River phosphorus cleanup. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/05/23/mnriverphosphorus/
WATER QUALITY & QUANTITY
Rivers & Streams State of the Minnesota River Reports.
http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/mnbasin/state/index.html
Minnesota Climatology Working Group. Last accessed in September, 2009. Climate Change http://climate.umn.edu
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Last accessed in September, 2007. Climatology http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/groundwater_section/climatology/index.htm l
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Last accessed in September, 2007. Global Climate Change and its Impact on Minnesota http://www.pca.state.mn.us/climatechange
Flooding City of Mankato. Last updated in 2007. Flood Control Planning
http://www.ci.mankato.mn.us/Flood_Control/Page.aspx (Mankato)
City of Henderson Last Updated in 2009. Henderson on the Minnesota http://www.hendersonmn.com/visitors/index.php (Henderson)
Craigmile, Dave and Scott Kudelka. Spring 2007. “Water Quality Issues – Browns Valley Flooding.” Minnesota River Watershed Alliance River Talk Newsletter.
Gau, Deb. March 24, 2009. “As Minnesota River rises, local flood mitigation plans continue” Granite Falls Advocate Tribune.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 10
Henderson: Then and Now; 1852 – 1994 book (Henderson)
Kolpack, Dave. March 14, 2007. “Floods Prompt Minnesota Evacuations” Associated Press. (Browns Valley).
Krohn, Tim. July 9, 2008. Mankato Free Press. “Granite Falls: The river gives and takes” (Granite Falls).
National Water Summary 196889. 1990. Floods and Droughts: Minnesota. http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/minnesota_floods_and_drought.pdf.
US Corps of Engineers. Last updated on March 26, 2009. Minnesota River Flood Risk Management Project, Granite Falls, Minnesota http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/fl_damage_reduct/default.asp?pageid=32 (Granite Falls).
Water Resources Center , Minnesota State University Mankato. Last Updated on April 15, 2003. Minnesota River Timeline. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/mnbasin/fact_sheets/timeline.html (Mankato)
For more information: U.S. Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Office; Sibley Square at Mears Park; 190 5 th Street East, Suite 401; St. Paul, MN 551011638; 6512905200; Publicaffairs@usace.army.mil
Water Quality Christopherson, Dave. September 2002. Minnesota River Study Shows Reductions in Key
Pollutants. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Water Quality/Basins. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/indicators/iom1102.html
Le, Laura (Freer). 2009. Are Stream’s Clarity Getting Better Over Time? A Statistical and Graphical Analysis of Minnesota Streams and Minnesota River Basins. University of Minnesota Thesis.
Johnson, Heather O et al. May 2008. Assessment of Water Quality Trends in the Minnesota River using NonParametric and Parametric Methods. Journal of Environmental Quality. 38:10181030.
(Johnson) Offerman, Heather. 2006. Assessing River Water Quality Trends in the Minnesota River Basin. University of Minnesota Masters Thesis. Water Resources Science.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2008. Minnesota’s Impaired Waters and TMDLs http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/tmdl/index.html;
Sanjel, Deepak et al. 2009. Minnesota River Basin Statistical Trend Analysis. Minnesota State University, Mankato Water Resources Center and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 11
Impaired Waters Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Last updated July 7, 2008. Minnesota’s Impaired
Waters and TMDLs website http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/tmdl/index.html;
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. October 2008. Assessing and listing impaired waters. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/wqiw311.pdf;
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency June 10, 2008. 2008 Final TMDL List http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/wqiw315.xls;
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Last accessed in September, 2009. 2006 Final TMDL List of Impaired Waters http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/wqiw1 032006.pdf
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Approved by the U.S. EPA on May 13, 2004. 2004 Final TMDL List of Impaired Waters http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/reports/tmdllist2004.pdf;
Lake Water Quality Heiskary, Steve and Mark Tomasek. 2000. Chapter 4A “Lakes Strategy”, NSMPP 2001
2005. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN.
Lindon, Matthew. 2009. Harmful Algae Blooms. MPCA Staff Personal Communication.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. October, 2008. Minnesota National Lakes Assessment Project: Pesticides in Minnesota Lakes.
MPCA. 2003. Shallow Lakes of Southwestern Minnesota: Status and trend summary for selected lakes. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/reports/lakesshallowlake swmn.pdf
MPCA. 2008. Citizen Lake Monitoring Program website. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/clmp.html
MPCA. 2008. Secchi Transparency Trends website. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/clmppublications.html#reports
MDNR. 2003. State of the Lakes: Minnesota is known as the State of 10,000 Lakes and the Land of SkyBlue Waters. But who’s looking after our trademark waters? http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/julaug03/stateoflakes.html
Olmanson, L.G., M.E. Bauer and P.L. Brezonik. 2008. Remote Sensing of Environment, special issue on Monitoring Freshwater and Estuarine Systems. In Press. http://water.umn.edu/pres_pubs.html
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Conservation Minnesota. Check my lake website. Freshwaters Society. http://checkmylake.org/lake/news/?id=3925
Groundwater Bovee, Terry. 2009. Department of Health Staff. Personal Communication.
Erickson, Melinda. December 2005. Glacial Sediment Causing RegionalScale Elevated Arsenic in Drinking Water. Ground Water. NovemberDecember 2005: 796805.
Minnesota Department of Health. Accessed 2009. Groundwater and Your Health website. http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/groundwater/index.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). 2009. Water Year Data Summary 2007.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). September 2007. Minnesota’s Ground Water Condition: A Statewide View.
MPCA. Updated 2008. Minnesota Ground Water Information Guide website. http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/gwig/index.html
MPCA. Accessed 2009. Ground Water in Minnesota website. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/groundwater/index.html
MDNR. Accessed 2009. Groundwater website. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/groundwater/index.html
Downstream Impacts: Nitrates & The Dead Zone Minnesota State University, Mankato Water Resources Center. 2009. State of the
Minnesota River: Water Quality Summary 20002008. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu
NOAA Website. July 2008. Survey Cruise Records SecondLargest "Dead Zone" in Gulf of Mexico Since Measurements Began in 1985.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080728_deadzone.html
Science Museum of Minnesota. Dead Zone Website. http://www.smm.org/deadzone/
NASA Visible Earth Program (image). http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Downstream Impacts: Sediment, Phosphorus & Lake Pepin Engstrom, Daniel R. J.E. Almendinger. 2000. Historical Changes in Sediment and
Phosphorus Loading to the Upper Mississipi River: Massbalance Reconstructions from the Sediments of Lake Pepin. For Metropolitan Council Envrionmental Services. St. Croix Watershed Research Station. Science Museum of Minnesota. Marine on St. Croix, MN.
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Johnson, Kent. 2002. Impact of Minnesota River on Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. Powerpoint Presentation for Minnesota River Research Forum September 2002. http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/event/forum020913/result020913.html
Kelly, D.W. and E.A. Nater. 1998. Historical Sediment Flux from Three Watersheds into Lake Pepin, Minnesota USA. Journal of Environmental Quality 29:561568 (2000).
Mulla, D.J., A.S. Sekely, D. Wheeler, and J.C. Bell. April 2000. Historical Trends Affecting Accumulation of Sediment and Phospohrus in Lake Pepin. Department of Soil, Water, and Climate. University of Minnesota Final Report.
LIVING RESOURCES
Department of Natural Resources. 2006. Tomorrow’s Habitat for the Wild and Rare: An Action Plan for Minnesota Wildlife http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwcs/index.html
Macroinvertebrates Data Sheets on Macroinvertebrate Sampling by the Chippewa River Watershed Project
from 2001 to 2007
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency January, 1994. Minnesota River Assessment Project Report (Volume III) – Biological and Toxicological Assessment – Report to the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. January 1994. Minnesota River Assessment Project Report (Volume I) – Workplan and Project Summary. Report to the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.
Murdoch, Tom and Martha Cheo with Kate O’Laughlin 1991. Streamkeeper’s Field Guide – Watershed Inventory and Stream Monitoring Methods. The AdoptAStream Foundation.
Wymar, Paul. 20082009. Watershed Scientist. Chippewa River Watershed Project. Personal Communication.
For more information: Joel Chirhart; Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Biological Monitoring Program; 520 Lafayette Road; St. Paul, MN 55155; 6517572264; joel.chirhart@pca.state.mn.us
Mussels Anderson, Kari. Accessed September, 2009. Mussels – A Bond Between Childhood and
Adulthood for Me http://www.karipearls.com/mussels.html
Cherveny, Tom. October 25, 2008. . Freshwater mussels really matter to river’s ecosystem. West Central Tribune.
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 14
Featherstonhaugh, George W. 1970 A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotar: With an account of the lead and Cooper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee County; and Sketches of Popular Manners. Minnesota Historical Society Press
Fischenich, Mark. September 23, 2007. More than just mussels – Watershed Alliance shares a hike filled with interesting clam facts. Mankato Free Press.
Muscatello, Serra. September 23, 2007. Exploring the world of mussels. New Ulm Journal.
Sietman, Bernard. 2003. Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Sietman, Bernard and Mike Davis. 20082009. Personal Communication. Malacologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
For more information: Bernard Sietman, Malacologist; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological resources Stream Habitat Program; 500 Lafayette Road; St. Paul, MN 55155; 6512595139; bernard.sietman@dnr.state.mn.us
Frogs in Minnesota
Center for Global Environmental Education, A Thousand Friends of Frogs, Hamline University Last Updated 1999. Minnesota Frog and Toad Calling Survey 99 http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/science/watch98.html;
Cross, John. April 27, 2009. “Graduate students helping DNR keep track of frogs by” Mankato Free Press. http://www.mnsu.edu/news/read/?id=1240842005&paper=topstories
Larson, Krista. November 17, 2008. Shapefiles for Frog Calling Survey Route Stops. Ecological Resources Division, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. St. Paul, MN November 17, 2008
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Last Updated 2009. Minnesota Frog & Toad Calling Survey (MFTCS0) http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteering/frogtoad_survey/index.html;
United States Geological Survey. Accessed November 2008. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp.
Northern Leopard Frogs Anderson , Yvette C. and Richard J. Baker 2002. Nongame Wildlife Program, Division
of Ecological Services, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota Frog & Toad Calling Survey 1996 – 2002
Minnesota River Basin Trends Report References 15
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Last updated in 2009. Northern Leopard Frog website. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians/frogs_toads/truefrogs/northern leopard.html;
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Last updated in 2009. Minnesota Frog & Toad Calling Survey (MFTCS): http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteering/frogtoad_survey/index.html;
A Thousand Friends of Frogs, Hamline University Last updated in 1999. Status of Amphibians in Minnesota: Center for Global Environmental Education http://www.hamline.edu/cgee/frogs/science/mnstatus.html;
For more information: Krista Larson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Frog & Toad Calling Survey; 500 Lafayette Road; St. Paul, MN 55155; 6512595120; krista.larson@dnr.state.mn.us
Malformed Frogs North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations web site. Last accessed
in September, 2009. National Biological Information Infrastructure. http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=386&&PageID=1101&mo de=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true / http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Plants,_Animals_&_Other _Organisms/Amphibians/
Souder, William. December 2002. A Plague of Frogs: Unraveling an Environmental Mystery University of Minnesota Press.
Souder, William. August 17, 2009. “Studies offer new insights into causes of deformed frogs.” MinnPost.
Vandenlangenberg, Susan M and Jeffery T. Canfield and Joseph A. Magner. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. A Regional Survey of Malformed Frogs in Minnesota (USA) (Minnesota Malformed Frogs)
Wong, Kathleen M. Summer 2009. Science Matters @ Berkeley; Volume 6, Issue 45. “Male Frogs Losing Their Macho”
U.S. Geological Survey web site. Last accessed on September, 2009. Malformed Frogs in Minnesota: An Update. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs04301/
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency web site. Last accessed on September, 2009. Research News about Deformed Frogs in Minnesota. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/hot/froglatest.html
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Species of the Minnesota River Valley Counties. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). 2009. Fish Consumption: Safe Eating Guidelines. http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish/eating/safeeating.html
Steil, Mark. May 6, 2005. Minnesota River Ten Years of Cleaning Up. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR).
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Native Fish. Accessed 2009. Minnesota Fish Tails. http://www.nativefish.org/articles/MinnesotaFishTails.php
Ringnecked Pheasants Anderson, Mary. 1995. “Ringnecked Pheasant” fact sheet. South Dakota Department of
Game, Fish and Parks, Division of Wildlife. http://www.northern.edu/natsource/BIRDS/Ringne1.htm;
Haroldson, Kurt. 20082009. Personal Communication. Farmland Wildlife Populations and Research Group, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources;
Haroldson, Kurt J. August 30, 2007. 2007 Minnesota August Roadside Survey. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Last updated in 2009. Nature Snapshots: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snapshots/birds/ringneckedpheasant.html;
For more information: Kurt Haroldson, Wildlife Research Biologist; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; 35365 800 th Avenue; Madelia, MN 56062; 507642 8478 ext. 226; kurt.haroldson@dnr.state.mn.us
Ducks Featherstonhaugh, George W. 1970. A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotar: With an account
of the lead and Cooper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee County; and Sketches of Popular Manners. Minnesota Historical Society Press.
Gunderson, Dan. September 25, 2009. Wetland loss outpacing efforts.. Minnesota Public Radio.
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Mahmoodi, Cyrus. Last accessed in September, 2009. The Swan Lake Restoration Project (Minnesota) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. http://horticulture.cfans.umn.edu/vd/h5015/01papers/mahmoodi.htm;
Stachura, Sea. December 14, 2005. “Draining Swan Lake for the ducks.” Minnesota Public Radio. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/12/14_ap_swanlake/
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Last updated in 2009. Otter. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/otter/index.html;
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Species of the Minnesota River Valley Counties. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Steil, Mark. May 2002. Minnesota Public Radio. . Minnesota River Ten Years of Cleaning Up. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200205/06_mainstreet_rivers m/steil.shtml
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Koenen, Brad. June 5, 2009. Minnesota River File, Fisheries Technician and Chris Foster, Fisheries Specialist; Subject: Commercial Seine Operation Observations.
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Sundmark, Lee. September 21, 2009. Personal Communication. Supervisor of Hutchinson Fisheries Management Area.
Fish Consumption Smart Fish Calculator http://www.iatp.org/foodandhealth/fishcalculator/index.cfm
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RIVER & LAKE FOCUSED RECREATION
River & Lake Focused Recreation Cross, John. July 16, 2008. "End of the river trail." Mankato Free Press.
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Sushak, Ron. March 2005. 2004 Outdoor Recreation Facility Survey of Minnesota Cities, Counties and School Districts. Office of Management and Budget Services. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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Schneider, James A. September, 1966. Aquatic Biologist Minnesota Conservation Department, Division of Game and Fish (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources).
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EMERGING TRENDS
Ethanol Anderson, Dennis. January 19, 2008. Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Future of wildlife
might be linked to biofuels”
Shine, Conor. April 15, 2009. Minnesota Daily. “Study: Ethanol production more efficient in Minnesota”
Meersman, Tom. January 28, 2008. Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Is ethanol tapping too much water?”
Webb, Tom. April 17, 2009. St. Paul Pioneer Press. “Audit urges end to state ethanol subsidies”
Emerging Contaminants Miller, Natalie. “Times Writers Group: Water issues spark questions.” St. Cloud Times.
Underwood, Anne. June 4, 2007. “Rivers of Doubt – Minute quantities of everyday contaminants in our drinking supply could add up to big trouble.” Newsweek.
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