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Minn. updating rules to fight BWCA, Voyageurs haze
State regulators are preparing to add some enforcement teeth to rules meant to cut the haze that sometimes clouds the views in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park.
New wind power guidelines are for the birds
The Obama administration offered new guidance today on where wind farms should be located to reduce the number of bird deaths while promoting increased use of wind power.
Trappers look forward to fall timber wolf season
Some traditional Ojibwe Indians in Minnesota are unhappy with proposals to create a wolf hunting season this fall. But others have a very different perspective. We meet two northern Minnesota trappers who are looking forward to the challenge of pursuing wolves.