Chapter Meeting: How's the Water? 7-8:30pm
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Join Glenn Skuta of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for a primer on Water Quality in Minnesota, including, of course, its trout streams!
Glenn will cover the following topics:
- How is water quality monitored in Minnesota?
- The role that Legacy Amendment funding plays in Water Quality (spoiler alert: the Legacy Amendment is not just habitat projects!)
- Some unique monitoring that MPCA does with aquatic invertebrates and fish
- Key pollutants and their trends, with a focus on Nitrates and other contaminants that are of particular concern in trout streams.
- We have been hearing a lot about Nitrates—this is our chance to get educated!
Glenn Skuta is the Watershed Division Director at the MN Pollution Control Agency. He’s been in that role for 10.5 years, and at the MPCA for 36.5 years. Prior to this role, he was the manager of the MPCA’s Surface Water Monitoring Section.Glenn has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Philosophy, and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. He enjoys the outdoors – these days primarily running and hiking, and previously canoeing and biking.
Prior to Glenn’s talk, the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development will give us a 15-minute update on the proposed Farmington Data Center, in the headwaters of the South Branch of the Vermillion.
Whether you are interested in advocating for cleaner water, or just want to be an informed citizen, this promises to be a great meeting.
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