DNR Plants 58,800 Seedlings Ahead of Ash Loss
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is diversifying state forests as emerald ash borer threatens the state's ash trees.
Minnesota Science News
Coverage of science in Minnesota focuses on research findings, university and institute work, and the funding that supports it. The page reaches laboratory studies and field research from across the state.
Environmental
Minnesota Misses 2025 Mercury Reduction Goal
State authorities did not secure additional pollution controls for major taconite processing plants this year.
Botany
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State Opens Grants for Aquatic Plant Control
The Minnesota DNR is accepting applications for funding to manage invasive aquatic plants in lakes across the state.
Regular subjects here include major research findings, new initiatives from scientific institutions, state and federal funding decisions, and studies that draw sharp reaction once they are published. Reporting reaches the Twin Cities research campuses, the regional universities and the field sites in rural and northern Minnesota. Lake and water studies, agricultural research and cold-climate work recur because the state's geography shapes what gets studied. Funding decisions often determine which projects move ahead, so budgets are tracked as closely as the results themselves.