MDA to host listening sessions on Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is hosting three free public listening sessions next week to receive input on proposed revisions to the state’s Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan. The Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan is a blueprint for prevention or minimization of the impacts of nitrogen fertilizer on groundwater in Minnesota.

MDA has been making revisions to the NFMP to reflect current activities, interagency water protection programs and implementation work, and to better align it with current water resource conditions and programs.

MDA is requesting comments on the 2013 plan. Comments will be accepted through November 1, 2013. More information can be found on MDA’s website at www.mda.state.mn.us.

The listening sessions are scheduled as follows:

Crookston

Monday, September 16, 2013 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Bede Ballroom, University of Minnesota Crookston, 2900 University Ave, Crookston, MN 56716

 

Wadena

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Robertson Theatre, Wadena - Deer Creek High School, 600 Colfax Ave. SW, Wadena, MN 56482

St. Cloud

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Great River Regional Library St Cloud, 1300 W. St. Germain St, St. Cloud, MN 56301

 

Rochester

Monday, September 23, 2013 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Cascade Meadow Wetlands & Environmental Science Center, 2900 19th Street NW Rochester, MN 55901

 

Roseville

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Roseville Public Library Community Program Room, 2180 North Hamline Ave, Roseville, MN 55113