environment

BEMIDJI – Dry conditions and unfavorable weather are creating a perfect storm for potential dangerous wildfires in the Bemidji area, fire officials said Monday. On Saturday, those conditions led to...

BEMIDJI – Sustainable Tuesdays will continue with its next installment, Compost and Yard Waste Night, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rail River Folk School. Brett Cease will address setup and...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources is auctioning rights to prospect and mine for metallic minerals on close to 64,000 acres in northeastern Minnesota. Kathy Lewis,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A University of Minnesota team has won a $600,000 federal grant to develop biotechnology for purifying wastewater from hydraulic fracturing. The practice, commonly known as fracking, uses...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A study of 18 canals, ditches and other waterways that could link the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds found none were likely pathways to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House approved legislation Wednesday that would swap 86,000 acres of state-owned land inside the Boundary Waters for an equal value of federal land outside the...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An increasingly warm climate is worsening the problem of harmful Great Lakes algae blooms by boosting the intensity of spring rains that wash phosphorus into...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Representatives of Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are scheduled to outline their policies on Great Lakes protection this week. Both campaigns...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. and Canada renewed a 40-year-old Great Lakes environmental pact Friday, pledging stepped-up efforts to reduce pollution, cleanse contaminated sites and prevent exotic species...

BEMIDJI – Volunteers are needed to help complete a tree survey along Bemidji’s boulevards and in city parks. The Emerald Ash Borer Rapid Response Community Inventory, a project organized by...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – The International Red River Board will host an open house at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Inn. The purpose of the meeting is to present...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Homeowners who live on the shores of Lake Independence near Minneapolis say a dairy farm is to blame for turning the lake into a noxious mix of...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state has confirmed an emerald ash borer infestation at the Fort Snelling Golf Club. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says it's the first new...

BEMIDJI - People fertilize their lawns to keep their grass green, but what they may not know is that the fertilizer can run off into lakes, feeding the growth of...