Minnesota farmers are hovering near 99% compliance with a buffer law that’s been enforced since 2017. That’s a sign of success in a state filled with waterways, wetlands and over 14,000 lakes that are ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn.-I appreciate Mike Van Horn's words about Minnesota's buffer-strip law ("Buffer-strip law is 'unconstitutional land grab'," letter, Page A4, Feb. 28). I agree with him 100 percent ...

The buffer strip law in Minnesota has been a hot topic, but what exactly is it, why has it been so contentious and what’s going on at the state and local level? Here is a guide to the controversial ...

A key water-quality initiative of Gov. Mark Dayton last year — vegetative buffer strips along streams and drainage ditches — is returning for an encore performance at the Capitol in St. Paul this week ...

COURTLAND — They wouldn’t support a repeal of mandated buffer strips but they are open to further refining the requirements, two area lawmakers told frustrated farmers Saturday morning. Nearly 100 ...

Most McLeod County land bordering ditches, streams, rivers and lakes meets buffer strip regulations implemented in 2015. The laws, which were championed by Gov. Mark Dayton, call for a vegetative ...

PIERRE, S.D. - A bill in the South Dakota legislature would give landowners a tax break for keeping riparian buffer strips along streams, rivers and lakes. Senate Bill 66 would define a riparian ...

Water hazards create strategic and aesthetic interest and they enhance the environmental value of golf courses. They also can hold and filter stormwater runoff from the course and surrounding ...

Gov. Dennis Daugaard released draft legislation Wednesday that would offer tax cuts to landowners who put native and perennial plants along rivers, lakes and streams. The proposed buffer strip bill is ...

A key water-quality initiative of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton last year - vegetative buffer strips along streams and drainage ditches - is returning for an encore performance at the Capitol in St. Paul ...