Teacher donates $1.8 million to help loons

Loons on Lake Sagatagan
A pair of loons on Lake Sagatagan near the St. John's University campus in Collegeville.
MPR Photo/Tim Post

A schoolteacher has left $1.8 million from her estate for the protection of Minnesota's state bird. Iva Weir left the money to the Nature Conservancy in Minnesota for preservation of the loon's habitat. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Chris Weir-Koetter, Weir's niece.

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