Blue Earth River One of 18 Federal Priority Watersheds

Environment News Service, May, 2004 by staff

BLUE EARTH, Minnesota (ENS) — The waters of the Blue Earth River meet the flows from the Watonwan and then the LeSueur Rivers before entering the Minnesota River above Mankato. The three rivers form the backbone of an important drainage network, as well as providing diverse habitats for human, animal, and plant life, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says.

Together, the lands that feed the rivers make up the Blue Earth River basin, over 3000 square miles in south central Minnesota, and 450 square miles are found in north central Iowa.

In the past decade, says the DNR, the watersheds of the Blue Earth and its tributaries have experienced strong economic and population growth, rapid residential and commercial expansion, increase in traffic to and...

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