Research and Data Collection
The WRC works cooperatively with Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty and students conducting applied research in areas of water and land resources. Projects include local, state, and federal partnerships to gather and interpret data of environmental significance.
Current and Recent Projects
- Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network – Water Quality Monitoring
- Surface Water Assessment Grants (SWAG) – Water Quality Monitoring
- Learning from Successful Case Studies in the Minnesota River Basin: A Roadmap and Practical Toolkit to Forge Effective Partnerships
- Integrated Targeted Watershed Planning Tools with Citizen Involvement
- Le Sueur River Watershed Subwatershed Strategies
GIS Mapping and Modeling Tools Inventory
GIS Tool User Survey
- GIS Tool User Survey
- Mt Simon Aquifer Collaboration - Groundwater Monitoring
- Watonwan River Watershed Terrain Analysis
- Lac qui Parle - Yellow Bank Terrain Analysis
- Yellow Medicine Watershed District Terrain Analysis
- Yellow Medicine River Watershed GIS Mapbooks
- Woodlake Creek Terrain Analysis
- Minnesota River Sediment Model Assessment - Lake Pepin
- Linking Water Storage BMPs
- Minnesota Nutrient Planning Portal
- Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy - Pilot Projects
- Minnesota River Invasive Carp Prevention and Analysis Project
- Sediment Fingerprinting in the Greater Blue Earth River Basin
- Rural Stream Handbook - Fields to Streams: Managing Water in Rural Landscapes
- Evaluation of Artificial Drainage Altering Hydrology
- Tillage Transect Survey
- Minnesota River Basin Data Center
- Waseca Lakes Project
