Teacher donates $1.8 million to help loons
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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