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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Climate change leaves hares wearing wrong colors

The effects of climate change often happen on a large scale, like drought or a rise in sea level. Wildlife biologists are looking at a change to something very small: the snowshoe hare.

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Many more Minnesota farms relying on irrigation for bigger yields

Many more Minnesota farms relying on irrigation for bigger yields

So far this year, farmers have applied for 466 irrigation permits -- more than twice the number of applications in all of last year. And data compiled by state officials show many farmers hope to irrigate even more of their fields.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Well water samples to be collected in Anoka County

The Department of Natural Resources will collect water samples from private wells in Anoka County this fall. It's part of the Minnesota Geological Survey.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Zebra mussels found in Lake Hiawatha

Zebra mussels have been found in Lake Hiawatha, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board says.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Land swap could benefit prime Minn. bird habitat

A land swap is in the works that would restore some 22,000 acres of swampland in one of Minnesota's most important bird conservation areas.

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Grand Portage Chippewa cancels moose hunt under legal threat

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has canceled its moose hunt for this fall, a decision that came after the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources initiated a legal process to try stop the hunt.
by Dan Kraker

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Forest Service blames hunter for massive Yosemite wildfire

Forest Service blames hunter for massive Yosemite wildfire

No arrests have been made, and the hunter's name was being withheld pending further investigation, according to the Forest Service. The only legal hunting allowed at the time the fire started Aug. 17 was archery for bear and deer.

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Last chance for Minnesota wolf hunters

Last chance for Minnesota wolf hunters

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is making fewer wolf licenses available this year. The hunting season begins November 9.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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