Fact Sheets for the Public:
Summarizing some of our most important research

• St. Croix River Watershed
• Minnesota Lakes and Rivers
• Great Lakes Region

St. Croix River Watershed

Modeled phosphorus exports from the Willow River Watershed (FS 2008)

Reductions in phosphorus loading in the Sunrise River watershed from selected agricultural best management practices (BMPs) (FS 2012-02)

Changes in phosphorus loading in the Sunrise River watershed from projected population increases (FS 2012-03)

Reductions in phosphorus loading in the Sunrise River watershed from changing selected characteristics of developed land (FS 2012-04)

Reductions in phosphorus loading in the Sunrise River watershed from wetland mitigation (FS 2012-05)

Nutrients and sediments in the St. Croix River (FS 2002-01)

Blue-green algal mats in the St. Croix River (FS 2011-01)

Historical point source discharges to the St. Croix River (FS 2005)

Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) in the St. Croix River (FS 2012-01)

Minnesota Lakes and Rivers

Sediment and nutrient loading to Lake Pepin

A Paleoecological Investigation of Portage Lake, Hubbard Co., MN (FS 2010-01)

Great Lakes Region

Nonpoint source pollution in the Upper Midwest

Coming soon:
Fact Sheets on these topics:

Eutrophication in Lake Okeechobee
Lake evolution in Glacier Bay, Alaska
Heavy metals in the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers
Mercury in the Arctic
Water levels and mercury in the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Mercury trends in Minnesota lakes
Effects of triclosan on Minnesota waters
Mercury methylation in a boreal wetland
Nutrients in Lake St. Croix