ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses three case studies in determining the nature of their wickedness. The first case study is an acronym for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ community-based aquifer management partnerships. The second case study is called Ditch 86A and refers to a drainage ditch project in Nicollet County, Minnesota. The third case study is an acronym for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) agriculture water quality certainty program. The Agriculture Water Quality Certainty Program (AWQCP) is a public–private partnership administered by the MDA and is designed to account for environmental management practices on Minnesota’s farms. The AWQCP primary output is a certification for landowners that achieve a standardized level of farmland management. Its outcomes are intended to be cleaner watershed from agricultural fields. The AWQCP’s wicked issue is the challenge of producing crops and livestock while sustaining the resources that agriculture depends on, and the natural resources society and other entities depend on for their health and well-being.
