Recent content from Jennifer Bjorhus
Great blue heron rookery halts development near Rochester
Bird enthusiasts say Rochester construction endangers heron nests
Conservationists mend fragmented habitat in Cannon River area of Minnesota
Two new public spaces permanently protect habitat.
Water Gremlin pays new $325,000 pollution penalty
The company's main hazardous waste is lead from die-casting and coating operations.
New project aims to grow a supply chain for reforestation in Minnesota
The five-year goal is to grow 1 million trees such as white pine, red oak and yellow birch.
Judge approves MPCA changes to water quality standards
The revisions target nearly a dozen pollutants — chloride, salts, sulfate, nitrate and more — in surface water used for industry and agriculture, and for wildlife.
Greenhouse gases from Line 3 pipeline raise questions about meeting Minnesota's goals for cutting emissions
One ruling says project will add 193B tons of carbon; PUC says pipeline isn't the cause.
Fight against climate change could include goal to reduce driving in Minn.
Lawmakers consider putting a concrete driving reduction goal into statute; MnDOT says it's adopting one too.
Irene Gomez-Bethke, Chicana activist and former Minnesota Human Rights commissioner, dies at 86
A photo in the 2010 book "Latino Minnesota" shows a smiling dark-haired woman gazing upward at something off camera. Something in the distance, perhaps. A…
U.S. Army Corps suspends wetlands permit for PolyMet copper mine
Asserting Indigenous water quality standards, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa breaks new ground.
Landfills are leaking PFAS 'forever chemicals' in 41 Minnesota counties
The full magnitude of the landfill problem is unknown, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said.