News Topic: MPCA

News Topic(s): Research + Reports  MPCA  Legislature  Funding  DNR  At the Capitol  

03/10/2010 - Governor Pawlenty’s proposed reductions and fund shifts for the state’s 2010 and 2011 budgets run afoul of what voters approved at the polls in November 2008, Conservation Minnesota reported today.

News Topic(s): What's New  Water  Pollution  MPCA  

10/21/2009 - A little fish found in the Cedar River watershed over the summer is big news for the state’s pollution control agency. Its presence is seen as a sign of improving water quality.

News Topic(s): What's New  Research + Reports  MPCA  

09/29/2009 - Minnesota now has three environmental literacy report cards that tell us much about how citizens think and feel about our natural resources. Completed in 2002, 2004 and 2008, the reports are a snapshot of public opinion, issue knowledge and self-reported conservation action.

Conservation Minnesota asked one of the principal authors of the 2008 report, Dr. Tony Murphy, to provide insight.

News Topic(s): What's New  MPCA  

07/08/2009 -

Five entities have been awarded $175,769 in 2009 environmental assistance grants by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

The recipients are the Urban Land Institute, Rahm Tek of Truman, the city of Silver Bay, the Center for Energy and Environment of Minneapolis and the Southeast Como Improvement Association of Minneapolis.

News Topic(s): Water  Toxins  Staff Picks  MPCA  Liz  Fishing  Boundary Waters  

07/14/2008 - I leave this week for my fist BWCA experience and I’ve convinced myself it will only be a true Minnesotan adventure if I catch and cook myself a Boundary Waters walleye. Next