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Aging paddlers? More BWCA trips, but fewer young visitors

Aging paddlers? More BWCA trips, but fewer young visitors

A new report from the U.S. Forest Service show a recent uptick in visits to the BWCA, but overall since 2010, there's been a slow and steady decline in trips, especially by younger people.
by Dan Kraker

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Your dilapidated barn is super trendy. Just ask HGTV

Your dilapidated barn is super trendy. Just ask HGTV

Small firms are popping up in the rural Midwest that buy old barns to feed remodelers' demand for weathered wood. As more historic barns come down, is the iconic American rural landscape fading away?
by Kristofor Husted

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Photos: Getting paid in sunsets at Voyageurs National Park

Photos: Getting paid in sunsets at Voyageurs National Park

In a single day, visitors can swim in crystal-clear waters, catch walleye from a houseboat, spot bald eagles and loons, and gaze at the Milky Way while northern lights ripple across the sky.
by Evan Frost

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Video: Flying Voyageurs National Park, in the name of science

Ranger pilot Steve Mazur and retired park biologist Lee Grim talk about flying in floatplanes over Minnesota's premiere national park, all in the name of science.
by Evan Frost

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4 prescribed burns planned in Boundary Waters this fall

4 prescribed burns planned in Boundary Waters this fall

The U.S. Forest Service plans to conduct up to four prescribed fires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this fall in areas totaling more than 10,000 acres.
by Dan Kraker

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Minneapolis' West River Parkway reopening after mudslide

Minneapolis' West River Parkway reopening after mudslide

A June 2014 mudslide brought on by torrential rains buried a section of the well-traveled road and kept it closed since then.
by Brandt Williams

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Cannabis growers seek blue ribbons for their buds at Oregon's State Fair

Cannabis growers seek blue ribbons for their buds at Oregon's State Fair

This year, Oregon's Legislature designated marijuana, which is legal there for recreational use, as a farm crop. It debuted among funnel cakes, livestock and zucchini this summer at the state fair.
by Deena Prichep

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This family has been selling you hot dogs at the fair for 70+ years

This family has been selling you hot dogs at the fair for 70+ years

If you're going to the State Fair, you'll probably eat at least one hot dog. One family has been making sure you get that hot dog for over 70 years.
by Max Nesterak

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'Walking Out of History: Shackleton's Endurance Voyage

'Walking Out of History: Shackleton's Endurance Voyage

British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton led the ill-fated Endurance Expedition to the South Pole in 1914.

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