Rep Rick Hansen
@reprickhansen.bsky.social
State Representative 53B 🌱South St Paul, St Paul Park, Newport, parts of Cottage Grove, Inver Grove Heights & Grey Cloud Island Township🦅
🌱The Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) Community Grant Program is a new grant funding opportunity currently in development. 🌳DNR will manage the 🌾Community Grant Program.
To receive ENRTF Community Grant Program update, sign up at
www.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/enr...
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Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Community Grant Program Implementation
A link to the report and its appendices can be found at Legislative reports | Minnesota DNR. Please note that the draft Requests for Proposal attached to the report are subject to change before official publication.
www.dnr.state.mn.us
December 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌱The Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) Community Grant Program is a new grant funding opportunity currently in development. 🌳DNR will manage the 🌾Community Grant Program.
To receive ENRTF Community Grant Program update, sign up at
www.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/enr...
To receive ENRTF Community Grant Program update, sign up at
www.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/enr...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Working at the Council of State Governments (CSG) National Conference. Looking at the Chicago skyline on December 13, 2025
December 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Working at the Council of State Governments (CSG) National Conference. Looking at the Chicago skyline on December 13, 2025
About to start second day of CSG 🇺🇸Shared State Legislation Docket❄️
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
About to start second day of CSG 🇺🇸Shared State Legislation Docket❄️
Senator Mary Kunesh and I with Mississippi River City & Town Initiative (MRCTI) Executive Director and Missouri State Representative after Mississippi River💧 Compact session at CSG National Conference.
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Senator Mary Kunesh and I with Mississippi River City & Town Initiative (MRCTI) Executive Director and Missouri State Representative after Mississippi River💧 Compact session at CSG National Conference.
🇺🇸Serving on #CSG2025 National Conference Committee Meeting Agenda today www.csg.org #mnleg
Chicago, December 10, 2025
Chicago, December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🇺🇸Serving on #CSG2025 National Conference Committee Meeting Agenda today www.csg.org #mnleg
Chicago, December 10, 2025
Chicago, December 10, 2025
Reposted by Rep Rick Hansen
One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Chicago Union Station after @amtrak.com Borealis ride from St Paul. Dec 9, 2025
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chicago Union Station after @amtrak.com Borealis ride from St Paul. Dec 9, 2025
December🟧❄️pheasant hunting. 12/7/2025. Fillmore County, Minnesota❄️🟧
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
December🟧❄️pheasant hunting. 12/7/2025. Fillmore County, Minnesota❄️🟧
🌫️Morning 🌫️in City of South St. Paul, Minnesota as the Armour Gates destruction continues. 7:45 am 🌫️December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🌫️Morning 🌫️in City of South St. Paul, Minnesota as the Armour Gates destruction continues. 7:45 am 🌫️December 2, 2025
November 30, 2025. The geese are heading south at sunset❄️
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
November 30, 2025. The geese are heading south at sunset❄️
MN needs too
As Iowa loses about 1,000 barns each year, preservationists & farmers are racing to save what they can. With Iowa Barn Foundation, one farmer restored a century-old barn he refused to let be torn down — giving life to a piece of Iowa’s past. 🐄🏚️❤️
Learn more: www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
As Iowa loses about 1,000 barns each year, preservationists & farmers are racing to save what they can. With Iowa Barn Foundation, one farmer restored a century-old barn he refused to let be torn down — giving life to a piece of Iowa’s past. 🐄🏚️❤️
Learn more: www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
'We got to do something': Iowa's push to preserve agricultural landmarks
Iowa loses about a thousand barns each year, and the group trying to save them needs more volunteers. One farmer’s restoration shows what’s possible when people step up.
www.kcci.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
MN needs too
As Iowa loses about 1,000 barns each year, preservationists & farmers are racing to save what they can. With Iowa Barn Foundation, one farmer restored a century-old barn he refused to let be torn down — giving life to a piece of Iowa’s past. 🐄🏚️❤️
Learn more: www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
As Iowa loses about 1,000 barns each year, preservationists & farmers are racing to save what they can. With Iowa Barn Foundation, one farmer restored a century-old barn he refused to let be torn down — giving life to a piece of Iowa’s past. 🐄🏚️❤️
Learn more: www.kcci.com/article/iowa...
Reposted by Rep Rick Hansen
California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.
California farms applied millions of pounds of Pfas to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.
Reposted by Rep Rick Hansen
In some towns, 20% of the houses are owned by corporations. It is amazing how much the Republicans have turned America back into the company town structure of the 1880s. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/24/r...
Corporate investment in residential housing may be another hurdle for first-time buyers • Minnesota Reformer
As corporate ownership of residential property across the country rises nationwide, researchers from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions, which is housed at th...
minnesotareformer.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In some towns, 20% of the houses are owned by corporations. It is amazing how much the Republicans have turned America back into the company town structure of the 1880s. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/24/r...
🟧Deer 🦌Season and 🌾Pheasant Hunting🍂 Legacy Co-Chair Samantha Vang Beautiful morning 🟧November 23, 2025
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🟧Deer 🦌Season and 🌾Pheasant Hunting🍂 Legacy Co-Chair Samantha Vang Beautiful morning 🟧November 23, 2025
Lasers will not help
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lasers will not help
✅Presented the Welcome to the Minnesota Ground 💧Water Association 🍁Fall Conference #waterquality #microplastics #nitrates #pesticides
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
✅Presented the Welcome to the Minnesota Ground 💧Water Association 🍁Fall Conference #waterquality #microplastics #nitrates #pesticides
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
Conservation Reserve Program extended🌾💧🌾🐝🌾
Congress extends critical Farm Bill for a third time. It's a relief for farmers, but raises concerns
The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs. Several expired Sept. 30 or would have been null by the end of the year.
www.kcur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Conservation Reserve Program extended🌾💧🌾🐝🌾
Reposted by Rep Rick Hansen
🏛️ Know a high school junior interested in the legislative process? Learn more about the 2026 #mnhouse High School Page Program! www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/int...
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🏛️ Know a high school junior interested in the legislative process? Learn more about the 2026 #mnhouse High School Page Program! www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/int...
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
#mnleg
Beautiful:
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Beautiful:
⚾️Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee visits @CHSFieldStPaul ⚾️@StPaulSaints #infrastructure #mnleg
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
⚾️Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee visits @CHSFieldStPaul ⚾️@StPaulSaints #infrastructure #mnleg
Last morning. 🍁Day 14 of Minnesota House Capital Investment #infrastructure Tour. ✅We inspect proposal for public works projects throughout Minnesota. #mnleg
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Last morning. 🍁Day 14 of Minnesota House Capital Investment #infrastructure Tour. ✅We inspect proposal for public works projects throughout Minnesota. #mnleg