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Dispute over environmental fund leaves projects on wolves, weeds and mussels in limbo

Bunches of mussels with yellow stickers sit in a pile.
Mucket mussels sit in a bucket where they live in East Side Lake near Austin, Minn., on Thursday. Dozens of projects benefiting Minnesota’s natural resources are now in limbo because of a political dispute at the state Legislature.
Evan Frost | MPR News file 2019