The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)  has updated their sign-up process and website links for their Volunteer Water Monitoring Program. There are currently four monitoring sites in the Pomme de Terre River Watershed:  a stream off Lake Rose in Otter Tail county, a stream off Lake Barrett in Grant County, and two near the Appleton...Read More

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MNPCA) has finished a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and a Watershed Restoration and Production Strategy Report (WRAPS) for the Pomme de Terre Watershed. The WRAPS report brings together 10 years of water quality monitoring, follow-up assessment, stressor identification and planning. The TMDL report calculates the maximum possible total phosphorus, total...Read More

The Pomme de Terre River Association’s Seasonal Technician, Nicole, is well into the 2017 field season. Nicole hit the ground running this past May monitoring 30+ sites including lakes, stretches of the Pomme de Terre River, and tributaries to the PdT to investigate the health of our waters. These efforts are part of a two-year...Read More

POSITION FILLED – 3/3/2017 PDTRA is now looking to hire a seasonal field technician to collect water quality data in the Pomme de Terre Watershed for the 2017 field season! The Water Quality Monitoring Technician for the Pomme de Terre River Association (PDTRA) is a seasonal field position (late March – late September). The technician...Read More

Monitoring the quality of water within our natural river system is very important in determining whether the water is suitable for fishing, swimming, and biological life. In 2014, the river association received a Federal 319 grant to collect water samples, during the 2016 and 2017 field seasons, on Pelican Creek (160th St.), Muddy Creek (490th...Read More