It is nearly the end of the 2013 legislative session, and time for an update on MEP’s collaborative legislative priorities: Clean Water Accountability, Transit for a Stronger Economy, and Clean Energy Jobs bills.
Landowners have an extra two weeks to enroll in the Walk-In Access program, as the deadline has been extended to June 14, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.
“We extended our enrollment period to coincide with the deadline...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is moving ahead with a proposal for adaptive reuse of historic buildings overlooking Fort Snelling State Park by a group planning to create a new charter school.
The proposal, submitted by...
Anyone seeing a rare Blanding’s turtle in southwestern Minnesota is asked to report that sighting to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), to help with ongoing research on the species.
Blanding’s turtles have a domed, dark upper...
An angler bowfishing on the Mississippi River north of Sartell last week shot a 25-pound grass carp, an exotic species that previously has been found only much further south in Minnesota, including lower portions of the Mississippi, according to the...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) started an aerial survey of sandhill cranes, Monday, May 13, in an area from Crookston, north through Thief River Falls to the Canadian border. The survey will count both nesting pairs and nonbreeding...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is placing burning restrictions on four additional counties in northern Minnesota because receding snow cover has created conditions conducive to wildfire.
The restrictions took effect at 8 a....
Forest tent caterpillar populations have been rising in some northern and west-central Minnesota counties since 2007, and that trend is expected to intensify, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.
Data suggests forest tent...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking people to leave turtles alone as the turtles cross roads to reach nesting areas.
Each year at this time, many female turtles move from lakes, ponds, wetlands, rivers and streams to...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will expand and improve the Shingobee Bay public water access site south of Walker, beginning Monday, May 13. The site, located off Highway 371 in an old rest area, will be closed during construction...
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