University of Minnesota, Duluth; Sustainable Mining Institute established, and money appropriated. Advisory board to be selected by July 2014. Bill Name: HF2842, as introduced. More info. HERE. Remaining Authors (Beard, Hausman, Simonson stricken): Winkler ; Metsa ; Anzelc ; Radinovich ; Murphy, E. ; Hansen ; Dehn, R. ; Fischer ; Uglem ; Kahn ; O’Neil Companion SF 2632 Authors Bonoff ; Tomassoni Continue Reading
Per Howling for Wolves: Senate File 2256, passed out of the Minnesota Senate Environment and Energy Committee with a majority of senators voting in favor of our position. This legislation addresses our common-sense interests with Minnesota’s wolf population and hunt. It directs the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to gather betterContinue Reading
The bill (see HERE) seeks to amend the MN DNR’s Wolf Management Plan and calls for temporary suspension of hunting in order for the DNR to provide several documents and metrics on the current wolf population. See the 2012 Wolf Season Report HERE 2013 Wolf Population Survey HERE 2011 Wolf Damage ControlContinue Reading
Per the recently released Met Council annual report: “Today, over 54,800 acres in 39 regional parks, 12 park reserves, 7 special recreation features and 38 regional trails (326 miles) are open for public use. The park system hosted an estimated 45.8 million visits in 2012 based on visitation samples takenContinue Reading
Feb. 26 @ 6pm — Ramsey County is holding a meeting to discuss street improvements on Ford Parkway (between Snelling Avenue and Howell Street) scheduled for 2015. >>Hillcrest Rec Center. Early design concepts have various impacts on existing trees. At this point the concept for Ford is to: widen theContinue Reading