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The Lake Superior - North Watershed covers over 1 million acres in the Northern Lakes and Forest ecoregion.

The Rainy River - Headwaters Watershed covers nearly 1.9 million acres, starting in northern Cook and Lake Counties and flowing west/northwesterly into St. Louis County and the Canadian border waters.

Environmental information and permits that affect hot mix asphalt plants.

The Pine River Watershed is approximately 502,400 acres in size. The watershed drainage for the Pine River contains parts of Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing and Hubbard counties. Pine River and Crosslake are the major cities in the watershed.

In 2010, the MPCA began receiving public inquiries about projects to mine silica sand for use in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a drilling method used for natural gas and oil wells.

MPCA's Closed Landfill Program is a voluntary program established in 1994 to properly close, monitor, and maintain Minnesota's closed municipal sanitary landfills.

The Lower St. Croix Watershed covers 585,735 acres and is located in northwest Wisconsin and east-central Minnesota.

A project to address high levels of suspended sediment in the Minnesota River and the South Metro portion of the Mississippi River.

The Little Fork River Watershed covers nearly 1.2 million acres, the main stem flowing 160 miles through north-central St. Louis County and heading northwest into Koochiching County. It flows more northerly until it reaches its confluence with the Rainy River about 11 miles west of International Falls.

The Zumbro River Watershed covers more than 900,000 acres and reaches parts of six counties in southeast Minnesota (Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, Rice, Goodhue, and Wabasha). Rochester, one of Minnesota's largest cities, is located in the southeast quadrant of the watershed.

Cleveland-Cliffs owns the Minorca Mine northeast of Virginia, Minnesota. The mine’s two taconite mining pits are about one mile southeast of the plant.

ECSWC is applying for a 10-year permit to add MSW capacity to its currently permitted landfill near Mora while conducting environmental review for the unpermitted areas of its landfill expansion.

The St. Louis River Watershed covers 3,584 square miles at the head of the Great Lakes and represents the extreme headwaters of the St. Lawrence River.

The MPCA sought contractors to work with Tribal governments and Tribal organizations that serve Tribal governments in Minnesota to provide technical support and assistance to advance environmental and climate action.

The Wild Rice River begins its course at Mud Lake in Minnesota's Clearwater County, and flows largely to the west through Norman and Mahnomen counties.

The Big Fork River Watershed covers more than 1.3 million acres that include some of the state’s most pristine wilderness. The river flows north 165 miles from Dora Lake (45 miles northeast of Bemidji in north-central Itasca County) to the Rainy River, which forms the Minnesota-Canada border.

The Minnesota portion of the Roseau River watershed covers 774,197 acres; an additional 594,560 acres are across the U.S. border in Canada.

Lake of the Woods is a big lake with a big problem caused by one of nature’s smallest organisms: algae. Scientists from the MPCA and the Science Museum are working together to understand why.

MPCA awards first of two rounds of Tribal technical assistance grants intended to advance environmental work on reservations and in Tribal communities

Throughout her life, Jen Widmer has felt a deep connection to wetlands. As a child, she played broomball on the ice of a wetland near her home. She once attempted swimming in the wetland but was…