Recent columns and articles
(with hyperlinks to most)
1. Holway, J., and L. Baker. Principles for managing the southwest’s urban water environments. Southwest Hydrology Magazine, December 2009.
2. Baker, L. Sustaining our environment and our democracy, Minnesota Journal, July/August 2009.
Baker, L. Minnesota’s Water Environment in the 21st Century, Minnesota Journal, May 2008.
3. Baker, L. The trouble with road salt, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, May 22, 2008.
4. Baker, L. Enemy of the
5. Baker, L. Urban stormwater: getting at the source (feature article). 2007. Stormwater Magazine Nov. 2007.
6. Baker, L. What goes in upriver – must come down [on urban ecosystems]. “With Water in Mind” column, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, June 24, 2007.
7. Baker, L. Instant runoff [on source reduction for stormwater]. “With Water in Mind” column, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, April 15, 2007.
8. Baker, L. Minnesota’s energy: past, present and future. Facts Unfiltered section, Minnesota Journal, October 2006.
9. Baker, L. When is water impaired?
10. Baker. L. Preserving Minnesota’s lakes for our kid’s kids.
At a "Policy and a Pint Event" on the Future of the Minnesota Environment, April 2006 (with Kristen Nelson, John Curry, and Steve Seele (moderator).
EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
- Chisago County’s
Ground Water Resources: What Do We Know? Organized for Friends of the Sunrise
River, June 2, 2009.
- Informational
Workshop on the Proposed Sunrise River Energy Station, Organized for Friends of
the Sunrise River.
- Water policy
workshop. Organized for a Citizens League “Policy Forum”, Feb. 2008.
- “Action Forum” panelist, Augsburg College’s Focus the Nation workshop, January 31, 2008.
- Household ecosystem study. Workshop for G7-12 teachers, Sustainability Education Initiative, U. of Minnesota (with K. Nelson and S. Hobbie).
- Future of
- Citizen's Stakeholder Workshop for the Sunrise River Water Quality Study (co-organized as President of Friends of the Sunrise River, with Jerry Spetzman, Chisago Co.
- Role of personal consumption
in
- Water policy workshop. Co-organizer, Citizens League “Policy Forum”, Feb. 2008.
