Water isn’t just a resource for Bob McNamara. It’s life itself. “You don’t know until it’s gone how important it is.” ...

For the past decade, Minnesota has distributed about $10 million a year to counties for aquatic invasive species prevention. Gov. Tim Walz’s proposed budget reduced that amount by 50 percent.

Selected for two documentary film festivals, “Seeing the Unseen: Aquatic Invaders and What’s at Stake” about Lake Erie and nearby areas will be shown at Audubon Community Nature Center’s First Friday ...