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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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Wis. gull numbers grow, forcing creative response

Building owners along the coast of Lake Michigan are getting creative in dealing with nuisance gulls, whose population has been growing for decades.

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DNR to dedicate wetland in Anoka County

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Thursday will set aside a rare tract of wetland in Anoka County.
by Cindy Gonzalez

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Demand for frac sand falls in Wis., Minn.

Short-term demand for frac sand in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota has fallen because there's more sand available than the industry currently needs.

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