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Quiz: Can you ID these farm tools?

Quiz: Can you ID these farm tools?

If you found yourself at a farm show, would you know your harvesting bed from your hog handler? What about your bale processor from your grain chute?
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Maria Cardona

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Dangerous algae found in Woodbury's Carver Lake

Dangerous algae found in Woodbury's Carver Lake

Public health officials urge people to keep themselves and their pets out of the water.
by Cody Nelson

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U.S. interior chief may shrink protected lands

U.S. interior chief may shrink protected lands

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke also left open the possibility of allowing drilling, mining or other industries on some of the land.
by The Associated Press

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'Environmental nightmare' after thousands of Atlantic salmon escape Washington fish farm

'Environmental nightmare' after thousands of Atlantic salmon escape Washington fish farm

Officials blame the failure of a pen near Washington's Cypress Island on high tides caused by the eclipse, but that is being questioned. Fishing boats are scrambling to catch as many as possible.
by Courtney Flatt and John Ryan

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Protesters briefly shut down Line 3 pipeline construction

Enbridge spokesperson Jennifer Smith says a group of about 20 protesters entered a worksite outside Superior on Monday and vandalized equipment before leaving on their own. She didn't immediately have a damage estimate.
by The Associated Press

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Wright County plan for mandatory boat inspections gets public review

Wright County plan for mandatory boat inspections gets public review

The pilot project would require boats to be checked, and decontaminated if necessary, at a regional inspection station in Annandale. It's part of an effort to combat invasive species that have infested about 5 percent of the Minnesota's lakes.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Angry bird: Signs an owl is about to attack you

Angry bird: Signs an owl is about to attack you

If an owl is about to attack, it will usually let you know, says the DNR's Christine Herwig: "They may call or hiss or even click their bills to give you some idea that they're there."
by MPR News Staff

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Dakota Access pipeline owner sues Greenpeace for 'criminal activity'

Dakota Access pipeline owner sues Greenpeace for 'criminal activity'

Energy Transfer Partners alleges Greenpeace and other "eco-terrorist groups" tried to block its pipeline with "campaigns of misinformation." Greenpeace says the suit is a bid to "silence free speech."
by Colin Dwyer

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Trump disbands climate change panel, but its work may continue

Trump disbands climate change panel, but its work may continue

The committee was supposed to take the National Climate Assessment, which reports on the effects of climate change in the U.S., and make it useful to people on the ground.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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