MN: New lawn care program protects water resources

To help curb toxic pesticides and garden chemicals from running off lawns, down storm sewers and into Lake Superior, the Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education (EAGLE) and the Duluth Community Garden Program (DCGP) recently created the Safe Lawn and Garden Campaign to help northeastern Minnesota residents protect local water resources. During the next year, EAGLE and DCGP staff will hold educational workshops and implement safe lawn practices at a demonstration site adjacent to Lake Superior. Their goal is to encourage local shoreland home and business owners to emulate the demonstration site's successes rather than use toxic landscape chemicals to be weed- and pest-free.   Source: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), 9/8/06