Despite the nickname “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” Minnesota has more than this number. Since the 1990s, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has operated a database tracking the number of ...

Minnesota is home to an abundance of natural resources - our incredible wealth of freshwater ranking number one for many. With more than 69,000 miles of river, nearly 12,000 lakes, and more ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the real count is 11,482. According the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, a lake is considered an official lake ...

At least 10 lakes in Martin County Minnesota reported ice-out on Monday, and a number of Twin Cities lakes, including Nokomis and Calhoun, reported ice-out on Tuesday.

Minnesota defines a lake as a body of water greater than 10 acres. That’s how it got the 11,482 number in its Public Waters Inventory. Wisconsin defines a lake as, well, ...

Scientists studied 50 lakes across Minnesota chosen at random and tested them for 127 compounds. All but three tested positive, with varying concentrations of one or more chemical.

Whatever the definition, geographer Stephen Aichele at the U.S. Geological Survey tells Litke that the National Hydrography Dataset puts Minnesota on top; in terms of the total number of bodies of ...

The plans include measurable goals, such as the number of acres planted with cover crops or set aside, training on use of road salt and buffers created to prevent runoff. Jennifer Bjorhus • 612 ...