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Isle Royale wants your ideas for wolf issues

Isle Royale wants your ideas for wolf issues

Isle Royale National Park will hold two public meetings in Minnesota later this month to discuss how to manage the island's wolf population.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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5 years later, taking stock of Legacy fund

Minnesota state agencies are marking the fifth anniversary this week of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Climate change conference aims at how best to adapt

Climate change is already affecting everything from how doctors treat allergies to how cities rebuild storm sewers. With that in mind, transportation planners, public health officials and others will meet in St. Paul today to talk about how best to adapt.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Great Lakes senators urge quick action on carp

All 16 U.S. senators from Great Lakes states sent a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging quick action to stop the movement of Asian carp.

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Wisconsin's largest wolf hunt zone to close

Wisconsin's largest wolf-hunting zone is about to close, leaving only a single zone open just three weeks into the season.

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Thanks to parasites, moose are looking more like ghosts

Thanks to parasites, moose are looking more like ghosts

The news for moose is not good across the country's northern tier and in some parts of Canada. A recent and rapid decline of moose populations in many states may be linked to climate change, and to the parasites that benefit from it.

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Asian carp DNA found in Wis. Lake Michigan waters

Scientists say a water sample taken from Lake Michigan's Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin has tested positive for Asian carp DNA.

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In Minn., U.S. Interior secretary boosts wildlife refuges

In Minn., U.S. Interior secretary boosts wildlife refuges

National wildlife refuges pump more than $2 billion to the economy but proposed cuts in federal funds could hurt those lands, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told conservation leaders Tuesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Superior National Forest taking comments on Twin Metals study

Superior National Forest taking comments on Twin Metals study

The Superior National Forest is accepting public comment this week on a study related to a major proposed copper nickel mine.
by Dan Kraker

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