Red River Valley Section American Chemical Society
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   The   Red River Valley Local Section   covers eastern North Dakota and north-western Minnesota. The Bois de Sioux and the Wild Rice rivers come together just south of Fargo to originate the Red River (of the North). The river constitutes the North Dakota-Minnesota border and flows north into Manitoba, through Winnipeg, ending at Lake Winnipeg.

   The Red River Valley is principally flat, extremely fertile farmland. Crops grown are high-value, short growing season crops such as sugar beets, durum wheat (exported to Italy for pasta), potatoes, and sunflowers. The soil is truly black; it competes well with the richest soils in the world, e.g., in Idaho and the Ukraine.

   The section contains two graduate institutions :

• Chemistry/BioChemistry/Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, Fargo
• Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
• Coatings and Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University, Fargo

   Several excellent public and private four-year universities also reside within and near the boundaries of the Local Section. These include :

K - 12 School Websites.

Chemistry-related Laboratories.

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