Star Tribune Fri, 30 May 2008 04:23:56 GMT
Keeping watch in the western suburbs' wetlands
... But annual wetland monitoring has fallen to volunteers because state money, time and energy is focused on keeping lakes and streams clean, said Mark Guerness, research scientist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. "No one else is monitoring the quality of wetlands." Hoping to fill this void, Hennepin and Dakota counties have been enlisting volunteers since 1997. Volunteers are recruited each year between February and May to be ready to take the field in June. Dakota County has another group of 40 volunteers working in the southern suburbs.
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