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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.

This training program focuses on the implementation of best management practices for lawn/turf care maintenance.

Researchers collect samples of sediment from the bottom of Lake of the Woods in 2024. (Photo courtesy of St. Croix Watershed Research Station) After years of study…

One of 12 major watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin, the Watonwan River Watershed covers 878 square miles in south-central Minnesota.

MPCA municipal wastewater permit staff

To commemorate the 2023 fish sampling season, Martha Young enlisted her mother to create a piece of seed art that will go on display at the 2024 Eco Experience

The MPCA recognized 236 wastewater facilities for outstanding operations in 2024.

The MPCA provides financial and technical assistance to local government and other water resource managers to address nonpoint-source water pollution.

Learn what you can do to protect yourself and your community from environmental problems caused by flooding.

Tools to help small businesses determine if they need an air emissions permit and/or track compliance with their current air emissions permit.

The MPCA is planning new rules governing air quality. The main purpose is to adopt new rules to implement and govern regulation of facilities that emit air toxics.

Removing of an old dam and restoring a creek's curves are improving habitat and water quality in the Pomme de Terre River Watershed.

MPCA rules govern the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and land application of animal manure and other livestock operation wastes.

Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.

In addition to the vessel requirements in the EPA VGP and Minnesota’s ballast water general permit, vessels must follow the requirements in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota’s 401 certification of the VGP.

With completion of the EAW review process, the MPCA will move forward with issuing West River Dairy’s feedlot permit on June 23.

East Side Jersey Dairy Inc., doing business as Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., had several liquid sugar spills they failed to report to the Minnesota Duty Officer in 2022 and 2023. The spills created a potential for harm to the environment and aquatic life had they reached wetlands near the company’s facility in Woodbury, Minnesota.

MPCA releases initial environmental assessment worksheet for a new municipal solid waste landfill proposed by Dem-Con at its environmental campus near Shakopee.

With all the talk about health these days, consider the health of the soil beneath your feet. Farmers in western Minnesota are doing just that, teaming up to improve soil health.

Initiatives passed during the 2023 legislative session invest hundreds of millions of dollars to advance Minnesota’s Climate Action Framework.