As Minnesota’s 2015 waterfowl hunting season began Saturday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is releasing two reports on the health of wetlands around the state. The health of a wetland’s ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's wetlands are healthy overall but are suffering in agricultural and populated areas, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said in a pair of reports released Thursday ...

MINNEAPOLIS – A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling will impact how the EPA protects certain wetlands. Critics say that decision will strip protections from tens of millions of acres across the nation.

ST. PAUL — A new report suggests that Minnesota has made small strides in slowing the loss of critical wetlands, although increased precipitation could be a factor. The Minnesota Department of Natural ...

Minnesota’s wetlands are healthy overall but are suffering in agricultural and populated areas, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said in a pair of reports released Thursday just ahead of the ...

Marshes were drained and replaced by shallow, lifeless ponds. Old floodplain forests were cut down with no plan for them to grow back. Swamps and bogs were permanently drowned by open water. Minnesota ...

ALDEN, Minn. -- Back when 83-year-old Bill Bryson was growing up on a farm in southern Minnesota, wetland drainage was a way of life. The goal then was to dig a ditch or lay underground drainage tile ...

In 2017, fewer Minnesota duck-hunting licenses were sold than at any time in recent history. The falloff wasn't a surprise: Wetland drainage across southern, western and northwestern parts of the ...

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If you love seeing a wide variety of birds in some of the country’s most amazing environments, make sure you add birdwatching ...

There are two kinds of wetlands in Minnesota. There are the really great ones in the northeast part of the state, mostly untouched by humans and home to diverse plants and wildlife. And then there are ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota’s wetlands are healthy overall but are suffering in agricultural and populated areas, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said in a pair of reports released Thursday ...