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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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How our warm winter is impacting nature

Temperatures shot into the 50s in much of the region today, and so far our January weather has been quite a bit above normal. Gardeners are on the watch for sudden early blooming, and bird watchers are seeing snowy owls well south of where they usually do. The University of Minneesota's Lee Frelich talks with MPR's Tom Crann about the unusual things happening in the natural world because of our warm temperatures.
by Tom Crann

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Red Lake tribe, Wis. group among EPA grant recipients

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $25,000 grants to each of four recipients in the Great Lakes region, including a Minnesota tribe and a Wisconsin nonprofit organization.

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Northern Plains hit hard by deer-killing disease

Wildlife officials and outfitters say it could take several years for white-tailed deer populations to recover from a devastating disease that has killed thousands of the animals across parts of eastern Montana and elsewhere in the Northern Plains.

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Mount Rainier reopens after fatal ranger shooting

Mount Rainier reopens after fatal ranger shooting

Rangers and volunteers somberly embraced as Mount Rainier National Park reopened to the public Saturday for the first time since an Iraq War veteran shot and killed a park ranger there on New Year's Day.

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DNR takes more aggressive measures against zebra mussels

DNR takes more aggressive measures against zebra mussels

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced new strategies for trying to slow the spread of aquatic invasive species.
by Dan Kraker

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Minn. DNR announces new wolf hunting season for fall

Minn. DNR announces new wolf hunting season for fall

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Friday it will propose a new wolf hunting season for as early as this fall.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Conservation groups: Is clean water Legacy money making a difference?

Ensuring water projects funded through the state's Legacy Amendment are making a difference -- and proving it to the public -- is a major challenge, conservationists and those who oversee Legacy money acknowledged.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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U of M economist measures nature's benefits with dollars

U of M economist measures nature's benefits with dollars

Nature performs many important functions that benefit humans -- not just offering beauty but cleaning water, taming floods and pollinating crops. Some researchers think it's time to put a dollar value on those natural processes.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Cleanup set for St. Louis River sawmill debris

The sawmills that buzzed away along the St. Louis River in Duluth are long gone, but the debris they left beneath the surface is still there, spoiling the habitat for fish and other aquatic life.

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