New state program for farmers designed to increase the voluntary adoption of conservation practices that protect local rivers, streams and other waters by reducing fertilizer run-off and soil erosion is being heralded as “historic” but could create nothing more than immunity or a loophole (and big cash: technical assistance andContinue Reading
Minnesota Senators Klobuchar and Franken Vote to Protect Public Health – See full list of who voted for what HERE.Continue Reading
The MN DNR commissioner recently re-assigned two top state foresters and replaced their position temporarily with himself in an attempt to see state lands harvested “more quickly” to help the struggling forest products industry. This poses many questions. Is this what Minnesotans value and want? What about sustainability? What’s theContinue Reading
On Oct. 5, 2011, mineral exploration under land privately owned by Minnesotans was delayed. The DNR had approved exploration leases last spring but the Governor and others postponed action for yet another six months to review the state’s mining policies. Homeowners of the private land have raised a loud outcryContinue Reading
The renovation site is between Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Park and includes Mississippi shoreline, formerly owned by the Bureau of Mines and managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Park Service received the land in January 2010. Project Cost: $2.2 million Deadline: Fall 2012 Restoration includes: • removingContinue Reading