Wetland Swaps and Wetland Mitigation in Minnesota

Northeastern Minnesota is, for the most part in one form or another, wetlands. Lakes, rivers, swamps, bogs, marshes, etc.  The two watersheds, the Rainy River and the Lake Superior, make up the largest fresh water system in the world.  These watersheds are vital to the health and well being of every Minnesotan and it could reasonably be argued to all people of the world.  It’s proper functioning is constantly under threat by local, county and state (occasionally even nationally as when South West U.S. politicians suggested running a water pipeline from the Great Lakes to their regions of misused and dwindling water resources) interests with little understanding of the importance of the health of these watersheds.