Sweeping for cleaner lakes

Angie Hong
Water Columnist
If a leaf falls in the forest and nobody sees it, do you still have to rake it up?broadstreet.zone(48036);
Every autumn, the air cools, leaves change color and fall, and a million Minnesotans grab rakes and shuffle outside grumbling to rake the leaves out of their yards. Interestingly, research from the University of Minnesota indicates that mowing the leaves into your lawn may actually be better for your grass than raking because it allows nutrients from the leaves to break down and replenish the soil. On the other hand, many people don’t think to rake leaves out of the street in front of their homes, but doing so is an easy and important way that everyone can help to protect local lakes.
Why rake the road instead of your yard? Consider the contrast between what happens to fallen leaves in a forest or on your lawn, versus those on the

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