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Poll: Science doubters admit world is warming
Belief and worry about climate change are inching up among Americans in general, but concern is growing faster among people who don't often trust scientists on the environment.
Lilydale Park fans clash over upcoming makeover
The St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department is using Legacy Amendment money to prepare to build a new road and picnic shelter in Lilydale Park, and encountering a controversy as it does so.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is closing the state's smallest wolf hunting and trapping zone effective Friday evening.
Mississippi River level still expected to drop
Water levels on the drought-plagued Mississippi River are expected to keep dropping over the next several weeks, according to a new forecast that comes amid worries that barge traffic soon could be squeezed along a key stretch of the vital shipping corridor.
Minn. DNR seeks 'concern' status for moose
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is proposing to list the state's iconic moose as a "species of concern," the lowest initial designation on a list of animals and plants seen as at risk of disappearing from the state.
Even as drought-stricken Midwestern states squabble over diminishing water supplies in the region, a new federal-state study raises the idea of constructing a 670-mile pipeline to divert water from one of the Mississippi's major tributaries to help seven arid states in the West.