Governor to meet with residents, community leaders to discuss effort to improve water quality, habitat
ST. PAUL, MN - On Thursday, April 2, Governor Mark Dayton will travel to Worthington and Austin for public meetings
to discuss his proposal to establish an additional 125,000 acres of water quality buffer strips statewide. The legislation (
HF1534/SF1537) would require 50-foot water quality buffer strips around Minnesota's lakes, rivers, and streams. Members of the press and public are invited to attend.
EVENT 1: WORTHINGTON
WHO:
Governor Mark Dayton
Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson
Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr
Local leaders
Area residents
WHAT:
Public meeting to discuss Governor Dayton's proposed initiative to improve Minnesota water quality and animal habitat through the use of buffer strips
WHEN:
Thursday, April 2, 2015
10:00am
WHERE:
Worthington Fire Hall
Conference Room
830 2nd Avenue
Worthington, Minnesota
EVENT 2: AUSTIN
WHO:
Governor Mark Dayton
Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson
Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr
Local leaders
Area residents
WHAT:
Public meeting to discuss Governor Dayton's proposed initiative to improve Minnesota water quality and animal habitat through the use of buffer strips
WHEN:
Thursday, April 2, 2015
1:30pm
WHERE:
Hormel Nature Center,
Ruby Rupner Auditorium,
1304 21st Street NE
Austin MN 55912
