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Fighting invasive fish with forks and knives

Fighting invasive fish with forks and knives

Add kitchen knives to the list of weapons that humans are using to fight invasive species.
by Bonny Wolf

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Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill's Arkansas hog operations

Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill's Arkansas hog operations

Some of the anger over the facility comes from the fact that it's located on a tributary just six miles from the Buffalo River, an area they gets special protection from the National Park Service.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Good buzz: U researchers find hope in the thriving urban bee

Good buzz: U researchers find hope in the thriving urban bee

Rooftop bees here hold important clues to the long-term health of the bee population in Minnesota, one of the nation's top honey producing states. The trends appear to show that survival rates and honey production for urban and suburban bees outpace their cousins in farm country, where swaths of bee habitat once flush with nectar and pollen-rich plants have been plowed under.
by Dan Olson

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The future of the Mississippi River

The future of the Mississippi River

John Anfinson, the new superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the future of the Mississippi River.

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Groups to EPA: Stop muzzling science advisers

In a letter Tuesday, groups representing journalists and scientists urged the EPA to allow advisory board members to talk directly to news reporters, Congress and other outside groups without first asking for permission from EPA officials.
by The Associated Press

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Wild rice takes a hit after stormy spring

Wild rice takes a hit after stormy spring

In general, lakes from Bemidji to the Canadian border will yield only a quarter of the wild rice they did last year.
by John Enger

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Milwaukee finds a fix for stormwater overflows: Abandoned basements

Milwaukee finds a fix for stormwater overflows: Abandoned basements

Essentially, the basements will be used to immediately take the pressure off the sewage system by diverting and holding street and roof water "runoff" until the storm is over.
by Lorena O'Neil

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