COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) –Nitrate levels remain high at the Dublin Road water plant. This means infants under age six months and pregnant women in parts of Franklin County should not drink the tap water.

Researchers know that adding natural buffers to the farm landscape can stop soil from vanishing. Now a scientist has found that more buffers are better, both for pleasing the eye and slowing erosion.

If the United States lost its shield of natural coastal defenses, about twice as many Americans would be exposed to dangerous storm surges and other hurricane threats, according to new research.

For farmers, water can be both a friend and a foe. Factors such as weather patterns and surrounding land use can cause flooding and erosion that impacts crops, wildlife and the overall habitat. That’s ...

BRAINERD — Crow Wing County commissioners contemplated a change for lakeside buffers that would only be triggered by a permit request. Chris Pence, environmental services manager, said the idea of a ...

Landowners have new state funding and a website to help them comply with a 2015 law requiring vegetative buffer strips to protect Minnesota’s waters. The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources ...