Minnesota farmers are hovering near 99% compliance with a buffer law that’s been enforced since 2017. That’s a sign of success in a state filled with waterways, wetlands and over 14,000 lakes that are ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn.-I appreciate Mike Van Horn's words about Minnesota's buffer-strip law ("Buffer-strip law is 'unconstitutional land grab'," letter, Page A4, Feb. 28). I agree with him 100 percent ...

The buffer strip law in Minnesota has been a hot topic, but what exactly is it, why has it been so contentious and what’s going on at the state and local level? Here is a guide to the controversial ...

The implementation of a new law will damage ecosystems in Minnesota by elevating phosphate levels in Minnesota waters. Phosphate has been identified as the most important cropland nutrient to prevent ...

A key water-quality initiative of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton last year - vegetative buffer strips along streams and drainage ditches - is returning for an encore performance at the Capitol in St. Paul ...

PIERRE, S.D. - A bill in the South Dakota legislature would give landowners a tax break for keeping riparian buffer strips along streams, rivers and lakes. Senate Bill 66 would define a riparian ...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has ceded ground to farm interests, Republicans and some Democrats over a contentious aspect of his plan to require vegetative buffer strips to help protect water ...

A lot has been written lately about Minnesota’s new buffer strip laws, but the details are still not set in stone. The plan, approved in the previous legislative session, calls for 50-foot buffer ...

Water hazards create strategic and aesthetic interest and they enhance the environmental value of golf courses. They also can hold and filter stormwater runoff from the course and surrounding ...

Gov. Dennis Daugaard wants the South Dakota Supreme Court to decide if it’s OK to give tax breaks to farmers who put buffer strips between their cropland and the rivers, streams and lakes on their ...