Hydrologists in the news

Rarely does the field of hydrology get in the news so of course when it does it should be broadcasted far and wide. In January 2014 the front page of the St. Paul Pioneer Press featured a group of hydrologists taking an ice measurement using a Streampro on the Crow River at Delano. The title of the article was “We wanted cleaner water. We’re paying $2 billion. So what are we getting?” and the cover photo showed seven hydrologists from the State of Minnesota getting trained in on completing ice measurements. One thing the article did not address is new employment…can’t you see the excitement in the face of Vanessa Baratta, a hydrologic technician with the MN DNR. How many new employees have been hired by the Clean Water Legacy Amendment funding? And how many of those new employees were recent graduates? To those young readers who are recent employees of the State of Minnesota or recent graduates of the Environmental Field the Clean Water Legacy funding has brought opportunity. So if Doug Belden asked me, “What are we getting with the Clean Water Legacy Amendment Funding?” I would say new bodies, enthusiasm, fresh energy, innovative minds and an investment in the future of the environmental field in the State of Minnesota! Congratulations to the Hydrologist and Hydrologic Technicians from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for giving the hydrology field in MN its fifteen minutes of fame!

Link to Article featuring DNR hydrologists in the St. Paul Pioneer Press