Observe, count, and report the birds in your backyard for this national study. Here’s the website, where you’ll find a checklist of common birds in your area and a submission link to report the birds you observe over the weekend: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/Continue Reading
Wolf Ridge, the Protect Our Winters Foundation and Save the Poles have combined efforts to create this curriculum that enables a teacher to provide students with an awareness and knowledge of Climate Change, a subject that will be paramount in the lives of today’s 11 and 12 year olds. FullContinue Reading
Minnesota officials on Jan. 26 outlined plans to permit a hunting season for the gray wolf in 2012 following its removal from federal endangered species protections, prompting opponents of the plan to consider a court challenge. Read story HERE The Humane Society opposed the latest de-listing, opposes the hunting seasonContinue Reading
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
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