Listening Sessions on Water Quality Issues
Minnesotans will have the chance to voice their opinion in person on how the state should invest resources to protect clean water at statewide public meetings beginning Jan. 19, 2010 coordinated by the University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center and the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources.
The meetings, called “listening sessions,” will be facilitated by staff from the Water Resources Center and Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and are a chance for people to voice their opinions on a range of water-related issues from boating and water recreation, to priorities for cleaning up polluted lakes and streams.
The meetings are scheduled as follows:
• Jan. 19 – Holiday Inn and Suites, 75 S. 37th Ave, St. Cloud.
• Jan. 21 – Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska.
• Feb. 3 — University of Minnesota, Crookston’s University Youngquist Auditorium, 2900 University Ave., Crookston.
• Feb. 4 – Northland Auditorium, 14250 Conservation Dr., Baxter.
• Feb. 10 – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Building, 525 S. Lake Ave., Duluth.
• Feb. 11 – Holiday Inn South, 1630 S. Broadway, Rochester.
• Feb. 16 – Best Western Marshall Inn, 1500 E. College Dr., Marshall.
From 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., each meeting will focus on concerns of professionals associated with local government units, soil and water conservation districts and watershed districts. Citizens, community leaders and elected and appointed officials will have a chance to share their concerns from 4 to 6 p.m.
The meetings are free and open to the public