Minnesota Supreme Court says state can regulate mine waste seeping into groundwater Minnesota high court lets MPCA impose standards affecting groundwater. February 10, 2021 1:04pm Text size Copy shortlink:
State regulators can apply stricter drinking water standards to limit the groundwater pollution coming from a northern Minnesota taconite mine, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was within its authority when it decided that the pollution that has been seeping from the mine s waste for years has harmed groundwater that met the state s strictest water-quality standards standards that include drinking water, Justice Paul C. Thissen wrote on behalf of the court.
A pack of wolves thrived near Minneapolis; how it died offers lessons for the future From 2014 to 2017, they formed the first known pack so close to the Twin Cities in more than a century, growing to as many as 19 wolves. February 6, 2021 3:43pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Two wolves, a male and a female, broke away from their northern Minnesota packs and wandered alone for dozens of miles past highways, farms and suburbs. They found each other in a small nature reserve just 20 miles north of Minneapolis.
There, surrounded by traffic and homes, the wolves somehow thrived for three years. From 2014 to 2017, they formed the first known pack so close to the Twin Cities in more than a century. It grew to as many as 19 wolves, all within range of about 3.5 million people.
Corn, conveyor belts and a virus show promise in removing invasive carp from Minnesota waters The invasive species has upended ecosystems in state waters since the 1880s. January 30, 2021 8:49pm
Video (05:53) : This technology could be used for managing invasive fish during their seasonal migrations and for conservation of native fishes that are having difficulties navigating around dams and other man-made obstacles. Text size Copy shortlink:
Corn. Herpes. An underwater conveyor belt. The most promising weapons against one of the most invasive and destructive fish in the United States are not exactly traditional.
Over the past decade, researchers at the University of Minnesota have tested a number of strange ideas to find a method to eradicate or at least cut down the number of common carp that have taken over and changed the makeup of lakes and wetlands throughout the state.
Reforestation and cover cropping should be on the front lines of Minnesota's fight to reduce greenhouse gases, and could cut up to one-fifth of the state's heat-trapping emissions. The climate impacts of how Minnesotans manage and work the land is front and center in "Nature and Climate Solutions for Minnesota," a new report out Monday by The Nature Conservancy. "It's the type of solution that .