University of Minnesota, Morris students working to spread awareness of river issues

July 13, 2011

Two University of Minnesota, Morris students are working through the Students in Service program with the Montevideo based Clean Up the River Environment (CURE) to raise awareness of issues affecting the water quality of the Minnesota River and its tributaries. Juniors Mike Sorensen, Detroit Lakes, and Heidi Eger, Woodbury, are trying to get people out on the rivers. Eger says they want people to “connect on an emotional level with the river, so that they care about it.” The two hope people will come to recognize rivers as not only natural resources, but also recreation destinations.