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The MPCA has actively been developing methods and building capacity to improve our ability to monitor and assess wetlands to protect and restore them.

Minnesota is a national leader in keeping mercury out of the environment.

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.

The Rapid River watershed covers 573,060 acres in northern Minnesota. Over 79% of the land in the watershed is owned or managed by state entities.

All facilities with air permits must submit an annual emissions inventory report to the MPCA that tracks actual emissions of major pollutants at that facility.

Under the federal Clean Water Act, states must designate beneficial uses for all waters and develop water quality standards to protect each use.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of more than 100 chemicals that occur naturally in coal, crude oil, and gasoline, and are also present in products made from fossil fuels, such as…

Groundwater is not a static thing, but moves around in the layers of rock and soil beneath our feet. How does this affect the work to treat contaminated groundwater and protect drinking water?

To ensure that every person in Minnesota has healthy air to breathe, the MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates air pollutants, primarily in three categories: criteria pollutants, air toxics, and greenhouse gases.

MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.

All distribution media products must be registered with the MPCA.

Find out whether your feedlot needs to register, to get an environmental review, or apply for a permit.

Through a certificate of need process, MPCA is offering existing landfills the opportunity to expand their existing capacity.

One indicator of impairment that puts a stream on the Impaired Waters List is its macroinvertebrate population. Here's how that works.

Two small creeks in the Nemadji River watershed are cleaner, and some fish have returned, after restoration work that the MPCA took part in.

Minnesota law requires that people notify the MPCA (through the Minnesota Duty Officer) immediately when more than five gallons of petroleum or any amount of any substance under their control is released into the environment that could cause pollution of waters of the state.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.

Details on sampling and monitoring requirements of your industrial stormwater permit.

Minnesota industrial stormwater permittees in certain industries to monitor for PFAS in their stormwater runoff or snow.

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…