It’s not too late to witness the breathtaking migrations of these stately birds over the Minnesota fall landscape. The annual Hawk Weekend at the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth (visit website HERE) was a bit cloudy but per representatives at the observatory there will be plenty of sunny daysContinue Reading

Federal Cartridge Co. of Minnesota is being given a $46.5 million contract for AA40 5.56mm frangible ammunition, the U.S. Defense Department reported. Full story here. Yet, just in 2008 the MN DNR found over 130 species of animals (including upland birds, raptors, waterfowl, and reptiles) … exposed or killed byContinue Reading

As recently as a decade ago, farms in the Midwest were commonly marred – at least as a farmer would view it – by unruly patches of milkweed amid the neat rows of emerging corn or soybeans. Not anymore. Fields are now planted with genetically modified corn and soybeans resistantContinue Reading

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota House committee has eliminated funding to rebuild a dam that officials say is the best option for stopping the spread of invasive Asian carp up the Mississippi River into many of the central and northern lakes. Full Story Here.Continue Reading