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Zoo trying to prevent extinction of 'most Minnesotan' butterfly

Zoo trying to prevent extinction of 'most Minnesotan' butterfly

Biologists at the Minnesota Zoo are scrambling to prevent a modern day extinction of a species that once thrived in Minnesota. The Poweshiek skipperling is a butterfly that lives its whole life in the prairies of the upper Midwest. But the tallgrass prairie is mostly gone. And so is a species that was once among the most common butterflies in Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer

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How warming is killing off the trees that helped keep us cool

How warming is killing off the trees that helped keep us cool

Pine bark beetles, now surviving the winters that once killed them, are destroying Western forests. And they're headed this way.

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State land on Lake Superior near Gitchi-Gami trail sells for $1.2M

State land on Lake Superior near Gitchi-Gami trail sells for $1.2M

Two private individuals purchased the land. The auction of school trust fund land marked the first time the property and many other state-owned land located along other lakes had been up for sale.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Blowdown creates opportunity at Itasca State Park

Blowdown creates opportunity at Itasca State Park

A July 2012 storm that toppled trees at Itasca State Park is giving officials a chance to accelerate plans to reforest part of one of Minnesota's most popular parks.

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Feds update $50M plan to protect Great Lakes from invasive carp

Feds update $50M plan to protect Great Lakes from invasive carp

The Associated Press obtained an outline of the government's $50 million plan ahead of its official release later Wednesday.

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Ely bear researcher sues DNR

Ely bear researcher sues DNR

Lynn Rogers wants a Ramsey county judge to stop the state from requiring him to remove radio collars from about a dozen bears he's researching. The DNR says Rogers has taught bears to be unafraid of humans.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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That lovely bamboo in your yard? It's not bamboo. And it's killing local plants.

That lovely bamboo in your yard? It's not bamboo. And it's killing local plants.

Minnesota officials are struggling to fight the spread of knotweed, buckthorn, wild parsnip and other noxious weeds and invasive species. It's a battle fought on thousands of different fronts against a clever enemy.
by Dan Kraker

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Hiaasen uses his novels to lampoon real-life villains

Hiaasen uses his novels to lampoon real-life villains

In fiction, he can write things he couldn't put in a newspaper, "but you know they're true."

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DNR's revocation of bear researcher's permit stands

DNR's revocation of bear researcher's permit stands

A Department of Natural Resources decision to revoke researcher Lynn Rogers' license to put radio collars on bears and put cameras in their dens will stand -- even after Rogers met personally today with Gov. Mark Dayton to appeal the decision.
by Tim Post

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