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DNR holding 5 hearings, including next week in Bemidji, on species at risk

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources is kicking off a series of five hearings across the state to give the public the chance to comment on proposed...

news / local Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 8:53am

Lack of snow cover helps pike recovery

WATERVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The lack of snow cover on southern Minnesota lakes is helping with the recovery of northern pike. Extreme heat in 2012 decimated the species. Waterville Area...

outdoors / fishing Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 8:48am

Minn. DNR holds hearings about endangered species

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota wildlife officials will be discussing proposed changes to the state's endangered-species list in the next two weeks, starting with a hearing this week in Rochester...

news / region Sun, Jan 27, 2013 - 9:47am

A Greenlandic Inuit hunter and fisherman steers his boat past a melting iceberg, along a fjord leading away from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, near Nuuk, Greenland in 2011. Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is...

news Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 9:13am

DNR wants to add moose to endangered species

DULUTH — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to add moose to the state's endangered species list. The moose population is declining in Minnesota, so the DNR wants to...

outdoors Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 9:17am

Amy Goodman: Our climate future and the Doha summit

The annual United Nations climate summit has convened, this year in Doha, the capital of the oil-rich emirate of Qatar, on the Arabian Peninsula. Dubbed “COP 18,” an army of...

opinion / commentary Thu, Nov 29, 2012 - 9:27pm

Report calls for revitalized environmental board

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota must fortify a languishing environmental oversight board and make it easier for the public to follow the review process, according recommendations in a new...

news / region Wed, Nov 14, 2012 - 12:06pm

MPCA says Minnesota River becoming healthier

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota River is getting healthier, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it shows efforts to reduce pollution from wastewater treatment systems are making the...

news / region Mon, Nov 12, 2012 - 11:44am

Pollution violation costs Cliffs over $300K

SILVER BAY, Minn. (AP) — Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has agreed to pay over $300,000 to settle a pollution violation at its Northshore Mining plant in Silver Bay. Cliffs says...

news / region Mon, Oct 29, 2012 - 9:58am

SE Minn. hog farmer to pay $14,000 manure penalty

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A southeastern Minnesota hog farmer has agreed to pay a $14,000 penalty for discharging manure into waters that flow into the Zumbro River. Craig Benedix owns...

news Wed, Oct 24, 2012 - 10:53am

On Pelican Lake, disagreement over mussels

PELICAN LAKE, Minn. — Some people who live on a popular Otter Tail County lake say reports of problems with zebra mussels are overblown. Jeff Peltier lives on Pelican Lake...

news Mon, Oct 22, 2012 - 10:57am

Minn-Dak fined for watershed discharges

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative of Wahpeton, N.D., has paid a $70,000 fine and aggressively taken corrective steps to address problems identified at several Minn-Dak sugar beet piling...

news Sat, Oct 20, 2012 - 2:52pm

More than 200 fifth-graders from Red Lake, Blackduck, Kelliher, Northome and Schoolcraft attended the 13th annual Water Festival “Wave of Knowledge” on Friday at Waldsee, Concordia Language Village. The festival educates youth about the importance aspect of water pollution in the Red Lake Watershed. Shown above, Blackduck fifth-graders Raquel Bilinski, left, Nick Hower and Shamus Thoring pickup a variety of garbage before it reaches a storm sewer. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Students attend 13th annual Water Festival “Wave of Knowledge”

More than 200 fifth-graders from Red Lake, Blackduck, Kelliher, Northome and Schoolcraft attended the 13th annual Water Festival “Wave of Knowledge” on Friday at Waldsee, Concordia Language Village. The festival...

news / education Sun, Oct 14, 2012 - 12:31am

Kids focus on 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' at library

Bemidji Public Library hosted an after school enrichment class “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” using reading, games and crafts. Shown above Quinn Knott, 9, center, takes his turn on a memory game...

news / local Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 2:47am

Covered in smoke: Despite haze, slower day for wildfires Wednesday

BEMIDJI – A cover of smoke wafted across Minnesota’s northern tier Wednesday as firefighters again battled wildland fires throughout the region. The stinky haze prompted dozens of phone calls to...

news / local Wed, Oct 03, 2012 - 6:21pm

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