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The Water Resources Center produces the Minnegram, technical reports, and other publications. These products are available in several formats.

Minnegram Newsletter

The Water Resources Center is offering an electronic version of the Minnegram as an alternative to the standard paper mailing.

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The Minnegram, the quarterly newsletter of the Water Resources Center, focuses on water-related issues at the University and throughout the state of Minnesota. Minnegram welcomes articles, letters to the editor, new stories, photos, or other materials for publication. Please send ideas to mng-ed@umn.edu.

Biennial Reports

Technical Reports

Technical reports are available on-line as Portable Document Files (PDF). To read these files you will need to download Acrobat Reader. Technical reports can also be obtained by contacting the WRC.

Recent Reports

Advances in Water Resources Research: Project Summaries for 2002 Technical Report 147, March 2003

Lake Water Quality Image Processing Protocol for Regional Assessments Technical Report 146, July 2002

Satellite and GIS Tools to Assess Lake Quality Technical Report 145, May 2002

Cumulative Impacts of Development on Lakes in the North Central Hardwood Forest Ecoregion of Minnesota: An Exploratory Study Technical Report 144, March 2002

Methods for Classifying Lakes Based on Measures of Development Impacts Technical Report 143, January 2002

Advances in Water Resources Research: Project Summaries for 2001 Technical Report 142, January 2002

Integrating Modeling and Management of Agriculturally-Impacted Watersheds: Issues of Spatial and Temporal Scale Technical Report 141, December 2001

WRC Publications

Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest (available for preview in pdf format)

Locally Led Conservation Education: EQIP Education in Minnesota Counties and Watersheds, July 2001 (pdf file, 408 KB)

Low-Cost Conservation Practices, May 2001 (pdf file, 868 KB)

Publications Available in Print

The following publications can be ordered by contacting the WRC . You will be billed when your order is delivered.

A Primer on Limnology.
Synopsis: Introduces the reader to the structure of lakes, along with human impacts and controls on lake processes.

Authors: Mary E. Renwick and Susanna Eden

Date: 1992

Price: $ 7.00

Minnesota Rivers: a primer.
Synopsis: A basic reference for those interested in Minnesota's river systems.

Author: Bruce A. Monson

Date: 1999

Price: $7.00