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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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The plight of the bees

The plight of the bees

Bees are a vital part of our ecosystem, but they're declining at alarming rates. It's called colony collapse and it affects humans more than you may think. Two preeminent bee researchers will explain why this is happening and what can be done to curb it.

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Minnesota in Photos: Smelt return for a fishy tradition

Minnesota in Photos: Smelt return for a fishy tradition

It's springtime, which in Duluth means the smelt are running. But not the way they used to. Decades ago the city was nuts over the small silver fish, with hordes of people flocking to Lake Superior streams and beaches so thick with smelt it wasn't hard to catch a garbage can full. But the smelt population crashed in the 1980s, and now only a few die-hard smelters are keeping the tradition alive.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks to National Press Club

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks to National Press Club

Questions from the press club are expected to cover everything from energy resource development, mining, wildlife management, off-shore oil drilling, the use of public lands and more.

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Peter Smith: Familiar species invade Twin Cities

Peter Smith: Familiar species invade Twin Cities

Outdoor enthusiasts often want lawmakers at the State Capitol to find money to help fight invasive species like Asian carp and zebra mussels. Meanwhile, Minnesota Public Radio essayist Peter Smith has discovered that here in the Twin Cities, we're being invaded by a few species that are really "old familiar friends."

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Bright Ideas with Maggie Koerth-Baker

Bright Ideas with Maggie Koerth-Baker

Our May installment of the Bright Ideas series features Maggie Koerth-Baker, the science editor at Boing Boing. She talks with host Stephen Smith about her vision of America's energy future, including how economic and social incentives lead to our current high fossil fuel consumption and how similar incentives can help us change.

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MN Senate OKs hunting and fishing fee hikes

MN Senate OKs hunting and fishing fee hikes

The Minnesota Senate today passed a game and fish bill that would increase license fees for the first time in nearly 12 years, but it does not move up the start of this year's fishing season.
by Tim Pugmire

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New invasive species sticker required on all Minn. boats

New invasive species sticker required on all Minn. boats

There's one more item on the to-do list for Minnesota boaters as they prepare to head to the lakes and rivers - a new law requires all watercraft to have a sticker listing the rules for preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species.

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