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Smoky summers the new normal?
If it seems like the number of alerts due to wildfires has increased in the past few years, you’d be right. We’ve had 26 air-quality alerts since 2015, and 14 of those were due to wildfire smoke. That’s nearly double the number of smoke-related alerts the MPCA called in the previous seven years.
Air quality alert: Friday, August 17 into Sunday, August 19
The air quality alert for the southern half of Minnesota starts at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, expanding the alert in effect for the northern half of the state so that it now includes most all of the state.
Rachel Pichelmann’s volunteer water monitoring sparked career in water resources
Rachel's 4-H project in high school led to a career in civil engineering with an environmental focus.
Protective, effective and efficient MPCA permitting
One of our most important jobs at the MPCA is to issue timely air, water and land permits that protect human health and the environment. Data collected for the past year shows that the agency continues to improve its permitting efficiency.