Dr. Lindsay Pease is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She is stationed at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center in the heart of the Red River Basin of the North. Prior to coming to Minnesota in 2018, Dr. Pease evaluated the water quality outcomes of agricultural best management practices in Ohio’s Western Lake Erie Basin watershed with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and with The Ohio State University where she earned her Ph.D. Dr. Pease’s research and outreach programming is focused on balancing agricultural productivity with environmental stewardship. She is currently working to adapt the lessons learned from the Western Lake Erie Basin to the Red River Basin’s unique cropping systems and climate.