Thursday, December 4, 2008

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Federal officials say the National Park Service will take over the management of abandoned federal land near Fort Snelling. (12/04/2008)
Asian carp
The silver carp, one of the notorious leaping fish brought to the U.S. from China, has been found in the Mississippi River near La Crosse in its first known appearance in Wisconsin or Minnesota waters. (12/03/2008)
Work is underway at the Belwin Conservancy in Afton, to remove 40 acres of invasive buckthorn. (12/03/2008)
The Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council met for the first time Monday. (12/02/2008)
The Iron Range is beginning to feel the pain of worldwide economic downturn. At least half the state's six mining companies expect layoffs. (12/01/2008)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is disputing hunters' claims that a cougar ate a deer shot north of Duluth last month. (12/01/2008)
The Outdoor Heritage Council meets for the first time today. The group will oversee money raised in the new state sales tax. (12/01/2008)
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens Board will hear again Tuesday about plans for an ethanol plant near Eyota. (11/25/2008)
Enbridge Energy received the go ahead today to build a big new pipeline to carry oil from Canada to refineries in Minnesota and elsewhere in the Midwest. (11/25/2008)
The attorney for the man accused of starting the Ham Lake fire is asking a court to throw out an interview he did with police, saying the man was not read his Miranda rights. (11/24/2008)
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission meets Tuesday to consider a proposal for a new oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. (11/23/2008)
In the next several months, Minnehaha Falls will get a make-over. It will involve some much-needed repairs, but there'll also be some work to improve the ecology of the place. (11/21/2008)
Renewable energy faces new financial challenges as a result of Wall Street woes. (11/19/2008)
An environmental review is about to begin of the proposed expansion of the Keetac taconite plant in Keewatin. (11/18/2008)
Brad Moore, commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, is leaving that post after two years on the job. (11/18/2008)

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