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Your take: The Tucson water use model

Your take: The Tucson water use model

MPR News' water reporting from Tucson generated a strong response from listeners and readers. Hear what some said about potential lessons for Minnesota and join the conversation.
by Michael Olson

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Rain Man: How one Tucson resident harvests the rain

Rain Man: How one Tucson resident harvests the rain

Brad Lancaster, perhaps the nation's expert on capturing and using rainwater, creates an oasis in the desert where he lives. And what he used to do illegally is now sanctioned by the city and imitated by neighbors.
by Dan Kraker

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Zebra mussels infest Crooked Lake in N Minn.

Biologists from the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa found zebra mussels on an aluminum can in Crooked Lake in Lake County, DNR officials said today. Further searches of the lake found more zebra mussels.
by Tom Weber

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It's mosquito season: How to keep them at bay

It's mosquito season: How to keep them at bay

The Twin Cities' annual war against mosquitoes is set to shift into full gear as mosquito control crews start spraying adult mosquitoes in the northern suburbs as early as this week.
by Jon Collins

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What Minnesota can learn from Arizona about water

What Minnesota can learn from Arizona about water

In a groundwater Q and A with MPR News reporter Dan Kraker, University of Arizona water expert and author Robert Glennon says Minnesota's water situation is not all that different from that in dry Arizona.
by Dan Kraker

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Lawmakers: Closing lock best option to hold back carp

Lawmakers: Closing lock best option to hold back carp

President Barack Obama is expected to sign legislation soon that includes a plan to close the Upper St. Anthony Falls lock to all boat traffic within a year to prevent the spread of invasive carp.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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What can we learn from Tucson's water ethic?

MPR News reporter Dan Kraker joins The Daily Circuit to talk about his reporting in Arizona and what lessons Minnesota can learn.

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Desert city uses water, then uses it again

Desert city uses water, then uses it again

Encouraging residents to use less water is one thing. But perhaps the biggest water gains Tucson has achieved come from using water more than once. It's a water idea that some in Minnesota think needs to gain importance.
by Dan Kraker

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Tucson's water ethic: Blueprint for Minnesota?

Tucson's water ethic: Blueprint for Minnesota?

By conserving water at every turn, the residents of Tucson have developed an attitude toward water that some think the Land of 10,000 Lakes should emulate.
by Dan Kraker

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West Coast-bound Bakken oil trains draw growing opposition

West Coast-bound Bakken oil trains draw growing opposition

The increasing numbers of trains, each carrying tens of thousands of barrels of potentially volatile crude from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota, have raised concerns around the country after nine accidents in the past year, including one last month in Virginia.
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