Ripple Effect




	The Red River Basin Commission Communications Committee has developed a series of articles to inform citizens on the land and water issues important to the Red River Basin. These are sent out weekly to Red River Basin newspapers. Articles will address topics related to water quality, water supply, flooding, fish, and wildlife and outdoor recreation.

WATER QUALITY	WATER SUPPLY	FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION	FISH, WILDLIFE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION	GENERAL	GENERAL
Don’t Use the Sewer as a Garbage Can	10 Things You Can do to Save Water Outside	What to do After Floodwaters Recede	Canoeing the Red River of the North	Intro to RRBC	What Watershed Do You Live In?
Reducing Sediment in the Red River	9 Things You Can do to Save Water in the Bathroom	Red River Basin Flooding	Remembering Our Tallgrass Prairie	Working Today for a Better Tomorrow	One Red River Basin
What are Nutrients in Waterways? Why do they Turn into Pollutants?	Water Efficient Landscaping	Red River Jamming	Bringing Back the Birds	Whose Water Is It?	What is a Watershed?
You Can Help Reduce Nutrient Loading Problem in Waterways	From the Source to Your Glass	The 100-Year Flood...So Soon?	Wood Ducks in the Valley	Call to Action	Sharing Boundary Waters
Protect Your Health - Get the Lead Out!	Follow That Drop	Remembering the 1997 Flood	Endangered Fish	A Legacy of Cooperation in Water Planning	Demystifying Integrated Watershed Management
Paper or Plastic?	Lawn Drought Alert	Saving Flooded Trees	On Thin Ice	25 Facts About Water	Recognizing the Red
What’s the Green Slime in the Water?	Groundwater - An Important Resource	LIDAR: What Is It?	Wetlands Overview	Banning the Bag	What is a Conservation District?
Clean Water for All	Drought in the Red River Basin?	What Can LIDAR Do For You?	Goin’ to the Lake	Back-To-School Waste Reducing Tips	Common Misconceptions About Lawns
Preparing Farmland for Spring Erosion	What is an acquifer?	It’s Not Over Until It’s Over	Extinction -The Land of No Return	America Recycles	RRBC Summer Tour
Septic System Dynamics		Grasslands and Flood Reduction	Understanding Our Northern Plains Wetlands	Electronics Recycling	Shall We Gather at the River?
Too Much Phosphorus			Have you visited the prairie lately?	My Grandmother’s Garden	Fields and Streams of Dreams
Farmers Growing a Better Environment				The Power of One - The Power of Many	A Glaciologist’s View on Global Warming
Lake Winnipeg Needs Your Help				Whatever Happened to the Clover?	Can We Sustain All of our Lawns?
Measuring Our Waters				Recycling Electronics	Energy Conservation
Disinfecting Contaminated Wells				Saying Thanks for Water	Keeping Healthy With Water
Water and Plastic Don’t Mix				Planting Trees for Energy Conservation	Reducing Holiday Waste
Source Reduction Alternatives Around the House				Why the Preoccupation with Green?	What is Hydrology and What do Hydrologists Do?
True Green				Composting: As basic as C,B, A	Using Used
Protecting Riverbanks
No Swimming Allowed