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Walleye, northern pike decline in Lake Mille Lacs

Walleye in Lake Mille Lacs drops to the second-lowest levels since the state began monitoring fish populations in 1983, the state Department of Natural Resources said.
by Madeleine Baran

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DNR to let Minn. county open road in refuge

After years of legal wrangling, the Minnesota DNR will allow Kittson County to open a road through a wildlife refuge.
by Dan Gunderson

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Global warming gases reach unprecedented levels in atmosphere

Global warming gases reach unprecedented levels in atmosphere

The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated.

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Environmental groups sue to stop GMO plants in wildlife refuges

The lawsuit contends an environmental assessment completed earlier this year by the Fish and Wildlife Service was not adequate. That review found no environmental risk to planting genetically modified crops on refuges.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Preserving Chaska's Seminary Fen

Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Preserving Chaska's Seminary Fen

Seminary Fen, on the edge of the Twin Cities with its prairie sedge, swamp thistle, goldenrod and marsh marigolds, has had its share of threats.
by Dan Olson

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Sand mining the target of some ire

On Wednesdays, we check in with one of our reporters who is based outside the Twin Cities. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio News reporter Elizabeth Baier in Rochester who covers southeastern Minnesota. One of the stories she's tracking is the growing interest in the controversial practice of silica sand mining. Near Chatfield, the Elmira township held a meeting last night to consider a sand mining proposal, and to the east, county commissioners in Winona County are considering whether to temporarily stop sand mining operations.
by Cathy Wurzer and Elizabeth Baier

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Approval expected for Magnetation mining lease

On Tuesday, the board will consider leasing nearly 500 acres of county-managed land around the old Douglas, Niles and Duncan mine tailings basins.

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Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real

Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real

A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

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9 top chefs prepare for herring cook-off at U of M

Nine of the Midwest's finest chefs are preparing to compete for $1,000 Tuesday as the University of Minnesota salutes the sustainable fisheries of Lake Superior.

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La Salle Lake land in northern Minn. opens to the public

La Salle Lake land in northern Minn. opens to the public

A 1,000-acre piece of land in northern Minnesota that contains the second-deepest lake in the state is now open to the public.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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