MPCA staff members work to protect and improve the environment and human health.
Walking the walk: Helen Waquiu at work
An introduction to MPCA’s first Director of Public Engagement and Tribal Liaison, Helen Waquiu, tasked with engaging Minnesotans on issues facing our shared natural environment.
Air quality monitor braves the frigid temps
Why would anyone in their right mind climb up on a rooftop in this weather? For air quality specialist Lad Strzok, it's all in a day's work.
Environmental economists: A pinch of this, a dash of that
MPCA economists analyze the economics of regulations and policies to protect water, air, land and renewable resources.
MPCA at work: Meet the Mud Doctor, Judy Crane
Dr. Judy Crane has turned a complex area of sediment science into a career that transcends time and national borders. Meet the woman behind the mud.
MPCA at work: Monitoring water quality in remote lakes
Above and beyond. 200 pounds of gear, three canoes and no DEET. Jesse Anderson of the MPCA meets the challenges of water monitoring in remote lakes in Minnesota
MPCA at work: A long hard winter of air monitoring
Air monitoring technicians at the MPCA work year round collecting data and maintaining equipment — so the rest of us can know what's in the air.
MPCA at work: Biological monitoring
During the summer of 2009, MPCA monitoring crews completed the second season of monitoring as part of a ten-year effort to assess the condition of rivers, streams, and lakes in Minnesota.
MPCA at work: Taking the pulse of rivers
Jennifer Ender has her hand on the pulse of rivers in southeast Minnesota. As a pollution control specialist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, she checks the health of several rivers and contributing streams twice a month.