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Encounters between bears and people on the rise

Encounters between bears and people on the rise

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is warning people in the Ely area to take precautions against attracting bears.
by Cathy Wurzer

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What’s the water and sewer equivalent to gravel roads?

As cities and counties deal with shrinking revenue and the desire to hold taxes down, some have started talking about letting paved roads go to gravel to lower costs.
by Dave Peters

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Around MN: Aggressive bears reported near Ely

Around MN: Aggressive bears reported near Ely

DNR urges people to be careful after recent reports of aggressive behavior by black bears in the Ely area.
by Michael Olson

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DNR urges caution after bear incidents near Ely

The Minnesota DNR urges people to be careful after recent reports of aggressive behavior by black bears.

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DNR asks hunters not to shoot radio-collared bears

Wildlife managers are asking hunters not to shoot radio-collared bears during Minnesota's bear hunting season, which opens Thursday.

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Red Lake Band to reforest 50,000 acres

Red Lake Band to reforest 50,000 acres

The Red Lake Band of Ojibwe is gearing up to reforest 50,000 acres of tribal land.
by Tom Robertson

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Appeals court won't close Chicago locks over carp

Appeals court won't close Chicago locks over carp

A federal appeals panel refused to order closure of shipping locks on Chicago-area waterways to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

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Local governments show some resistence to sand mining

Two city councils are putting pressure on the Goodhue County board to temporarily block a new kind of mining in the county. Red Wing and Lake City passed symbolic measures this week opposing the potential mining of so-called "frack sand" in their area. The sand would be dug up near Red Wing and used elsewhere in the country for a controversial way of geting oil and gas out of the ground known as fracking. Goodhue County is expected to take up a proposed one-year moratorium on sand mining in the coming weeks.
by Phil Picardi and Elizabeth Baier

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