Federal regulator steps in to protect Minnesota s wild rice stands The MPCA says it is caught between state and federal law. April 29, 2021 6:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Wild rice waters contaminated with sulfate from industrial pollution have never been included on Minnesota s long list of officially polluted waters that require fixing.
But they will be now 30 of them across the state thanks to federal regulators who stepped in to say the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was breaking federal law by not listing them as impaired.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week sent the MCPA a list of 30 wild rice waters that don t meet the state s water quality standard for sulfate, and said it plans to add them to Minnesota s roster of impaired waters. It could add more in the future, the EPA said.
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Federal regulator steps in to protect Minnesota s wild rice stands
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Die-off at Big Woods State Park, washed-out roads and bridges tell the story of a warmer, wetter state. 5:30 am, Apr. 14, 2021 ×
Trees in Nerstrand Big Woods State Park stand dying. Department of Natural Resources, using climate data determined 12 acres of trees in the park were likely dying due to climate change. (John Molseed / jmolseed@postbulletin.com)
NERSTRAND – The tree canopy at Big Woods State Park was starting to thin.
It was 2018. Aerial photos of the park confirmed to the naturalists there that red oak, white oak, burr oak and basswood trees covering about 12% of the forested land in the park were dying.