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08/27/2026

It's the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, and Freshwater is open for business! Be sure to stop by and visit our booth next to KARE 11, just a stone's throw from the DNR fish pond. You'll get to meet Jaron Cramer, our new Director of Philanthropy, and you'll receive a great State Fair deal on the 2027 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar and Almanac. Your purchase helps support our work for water.💧

See you at the Fair!🎉🎡

08/24/2026

The 2027 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar and Almanac is now on sale, with special early bird pricing!

Produced in partnership with KARE 11, Minnesota Public Radio, and the Jeffers Foundation, the Weatherguide has been Minnesota’s trusted source for year-round weather updates, phenology, astronomical information, nature facts, and stunning regional photography for over 50 years. Plus, every purchase supports Freshwater’s work for water!💧

Get your copy here: https://freshwatersociety.myshopify.com/collections/all

08/20/2026

We are loaded in at the KARE 11 Barn and ready for Minnesota State Fair to begin one week from today! Be sure to stop by the Freshwater booth, say hey, and pick up your 2027 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar and Almanac!

08/19/2026

We are excited to embark on a new project with support from the McKnight Foundation designed to drive positive change through art and community celebration.

Homecoming: Cheer for Minnesota Water is a statewide initiative that transforms local community gatherings into joyful celebrations of Minnesota’s love of water. Created by artist Amanda Lovelee in partnership with Freshwater, the project uses art, culture, science, and community celebration to deepen Minnesotans’ connection to water while inspiring civic action.

Our goals are to build positive civic engagement, galvanize local actions to protect water, and increase awareness of water projects made possible by the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.

Each regional Homecoming includes three interconnected components:

💧 Regional Storytelling – Develop accessible stories and visual materials highlighting how Legacy investments have improved local water resources while gathering local community stories to bring back to policy makers.

💧 Pep Rally for Water – Host a joyful community celebration featuring local artists, musicians, youth organizations, scientists, environmental partners and civic partners.

💧 Growing Water Leaders – Encourage local actions and recruit artists and community members into Freshwater’s Minnesota Water Stewards program, transforming community pride into long-term stewardship and civic actions.

Help bring Homecoming to your community! You or your organization can get involved by connecting us with local partners; helping us identify a waterbody or gathering place with a compelling water story; or suggesting an existing event or community tradition we could complement.

Stay tuned for more on the project in the coming months as we announce event locations and engage with local partners to bring this work to life! Learn more here:https://freshwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Homecoming_-Cheer-for-MN-Water.pdf

08/17/2026

Celebrate National Nonprofit Day by making a splash for water! Become a Freshwater sustaining member for as little as $5 a month and provide reliable, year-round support for work that connects science, community priorities, policy, and practical action.

Join or renew today and be one of the first to receive the new 2027 Minnesota Weatherguide Calendar and Almanac, shipped directly to your home. Now in its 51st year, this year’s Environment Calendar and Almanac features stunning photography, weather records, phenology, astronomy, seasonal insights, and a new Ojibwe Perspectives section contributed by author and educator Anton Treuer.

Membership is about more than receiving a calendar. It's one meaningful way you can help Freshwater advance a future of clean, accessible, and sustainable water to support healthy ecosystems, communities, and economies.

💧 Join for $5 a month at: https://freshwater.org/membership/

08/13/2026

The Freshwater crew gathered together yesterday to visit The Acreage at Osceola and learn how this unique organization is supporting art, education and environmental stewardship along the St. Croix River. Learn more about them at: https://www.theacreage.org/

08/11/2026

Get ready for the new 2027 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar and Almanac, available through the Freshwater website on August 24 with special Early Bird prices! Later that week (August 27 through September 7), you can also find us at the Minnesota State Fair by the KARE 11 Barn.

A huge thanks to KARE 11, Minnesota Public Radio, Jeffers Foundation and all of our wonderful contributors for bringing this 51st edition of the Weatherguide to life.

Remember, your purchase of Minnesota's favorite calendar supports Freshwater's work for water!💧

08/06/2026

🥕🌽🥦💐This week we're celebrating with a feature of Freshwater's newest partnership with Brownson Arebojie and Hennepin County Government. Brownson is on a mission to grow local food and cultivate deep community connection through urban farming with support from Hennepin County's Growing Communities program (https://www.hennepincounty.gov/government/news-events/stories/growing-community-through-urban-agriculture).

Together we are working to convert forgotten green spaces into gardens-with-purpose with a goal to donate 2,000 pounds of fresh, nourishing produce to local food security programs, all while educating community members about farming and gardening in urban settings.

Freshwater's collaboration with Brownson will highlight the connection between farming and water stewardship in a living classroom to introduce residents to the Minnesota Water Stewards program and action steps centered around and . Seasonal, hands-on events will tie gardening to water stewardship, and the community will learn about soil health practices that improve water retention and reduce runoff, rainwater management strategies and irrigation, and welcome fall harvest with good food that celebrates urban farming as green infrastructure.

Be sure to follow along on this journey for opportunities to engage in this effort connecting local food production with water protection and sowing strong, resilient communities. In the meantime, don't forget to visit your neighborhood farmers market this week and support local farmers! 🥕🌽🥦💐

07/30/2026

The Freshwater Board recently elected new officers, and we appreciate the leadership of Laura Pagano (Chair), Sam Lobby (Vice Chair), Dave Leuthe (Treasurer), and Doug Thomas (Secretary).

As our new Board Chair, Laura Pagano brings a wealth of experience sustainably managing water resources in nonprofit organizations, the private sector, and federal and local units of government. She currently works as a Regulatory Policy Specialist for Xcel Energy. In this video, Laura talks about the importance valuing and protecting high quality water, which can often be taken for granted.💧

Learn more about our fantastic Freshwater Board members at: https://freshwater.org/board/

07/27/2026

Freshwater just released a report: New Mapping Tools for Groundwater Replenishment. Knowing where and how groundwater can be reused and replenished offers ways to protect long-term water sustainability. Two new map-based tools help identify suitable sites for groundwater replenishment to augment other approaches to stewardship.

These open-source QGIS plugins allow us to screen sites for injection and infiltration capacity at the aquifer and county scale. Proactively, they could be deployed when siting and evaluating large water use projects as a way to identify locations where groundwater could be replenished, either through passive infiltration or through pumping (injection wells). The report also analyzes the distribution of large water users in Minnesota and the status of water circularity in the state. View the report here:https://freshwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/New-Mapping-Tools-for-Groundwater-Replenishment.pdf

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