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The Upper/Lower Red Lake Watershed covers more than 1.2 million acres and is home to Upper and Lower Red Lakes, the two largest bodies of water within the state.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is planning to add sites in New Hope, Saint Paul, and Rochester to the state's Permanent List of Priorities (PLP). Members of the public are invited to provide comments.
“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.
The Olmsted Soil and Water Conservation District's Soil Health Farm demonstrates how farmers can benefit from practices that also provide resilience to climate change.
Keep It Clean focuses on the growing problem of garbage and human waste left on the ice by anglers and other visitors during ice fishing season.
Determine if your facility requires an air permit and, if so, which permit type may be the best fit for your business.
Details for solid waste management facility permit issuance and reissuance.
In Minnesota, wastewater treatment operators must be certified to ensure that facilities meet operational requirements.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Emergency Response Program (ERP) oversees the cleanup of all types of spills and environmental emergencies.
The MPCA enforces federal and state requirements for air quality permitting.
MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for northwest, north central, and northeast Minnesota for Thursday, June 5, until 7 p.m. on Friday, June 6. Air quality is expected to reach the red AQI category, which is unhealthy for everyone.
Our strategic plan has six broad goals that, when taken together, map our work for five years. MPCA’s strategic plan guides the agency’s work from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2028. These goals are…
Minnesota's law relating to the collection and recycling of video display devices ("televisions" and "computer monitors") sold to households/consumers was signed into law in May 2007.
Whether they are called sloughs, swamps, bogs, or potholes, these are all wetlands and they provide many environmental benefits and contribute to watershed health. Though Minnesota has lost almost half of its wetland acreage over time, the quality of the remaining wetlands is good overall.
The enduring nature of PFAS in the environment makes it important to give special consideration to products containing PFAS when it comes time to throw them out.
New reports from the MPCA highlight restoration investments and improved water quality while calling for continued work to address persistent challenges in southeastern Minnesota.
The MPCA solicited applications for approximately $630,000 in grants to replace old diesel school buses with new models fueled by diesel, propane, or natural gas.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) sample and test fish in bodies of water where known pollution issues may be a concern for human health through fish consumption.
The Red River of the North - Marsh River Watershed is part of the Red River Basin in northwestern Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota.