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Counties and solid waste management districts around the state are required to prepare and implement detailed plans for solid waste management.
The MPCA has important roles in protecting and restoring waters in degraded conditions.
Intense storms of late spring can wash soil and other pollutants into rivers. Producers can use several techniques to protect their soil and water quality.
State will begin engagement next month on an updated framework set to be released in 2025
James Wooton puts his scuba diving skills to work monitoring for aquatic invasive species in Otter Tail County lakes.
Water quality trading is a market-based approach to the protection and restoration of surface waters, another tool to be used in conjunction with existing voluntary, regulatory, and financial assistance programs.
The Red River of the North - Marsh River Watershed is part of the Red River Basin in northwestern Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota.
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…
The U.S. EPA has awarded Minnesota $200 million to cut climate pollution from our state’s food systems through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program.
The MPCA developed the Wastewater Nitrogen Reduction and Implementation Strategy to decrease the wastewater sector’s nitrogen loads for the protection and restoration of bodies of water in and downstream of Minnesota.
Under the federal Clean Water Act, states must designate beneficial uses for all waters and develop water quality standards to protect each use.
We Are Water MN travels to Chisago County, where Dawn White has served as an educator and policy team member focused on preserving waters.
The Upper Red River of the North Watershed drains an area of 371,689 acres in the Glacial Lake Agassiz Plain, while the extreme southeastern portion of the basin lies in the North Central Hardwoods ecoregion. The Red River begins its course just below Breckenridge, Minn.
Information about the work to clean up the pollution from over 100 years of unregulated development and industrial practices.
For more than 50 years, volunteers have gathered critically important water clarity data on Minnesota lakes and streams.
From the days when raw sewage flowed into rivers and lakes, Minnesota’s water bodies have come a long way. However, there is still work to be done in the restoration and protection of our waters.
The MPCA is committed to engaging broadly with the public and ensuring that residents affected by its decisions have a voice in its processes.
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.
Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality certified farms have added more than 2,000 new conservation practices, including over 110,000 acres of new cover crops that protect Minnesota’s waters.
The Buffalo River Watershed covers more than 1,100 square miles in portions of Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, and Wilkin counties, with a small portion of its headwaters in the White Earth Reservation.