Environment
A new permit would require Minntac to cut back on its sulfate emissions, but the MPCA recently decided to allow Minntac to continue operating under its expired permit for now.
Environment
It will be a 10-year, $1 million-plus project, says wildlife biologist Mike Schrage – and that’s if everything goes well. He is asking for state money from the lottery to research the idea.
Environment
Ongoing research testing the giant birds’ eggs and beaks has found evidence of British Petroleum oil from the blowout as well as the controversial dispersant that BP used in control efforts.
Earth Journal
That was just one insight among many I gained from a talk with DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr about the sheer logistical challenge.
Earth Journal
Since 2006, when white-nose syndrome was first detected in a cave near Albany, N.Y., the fungus has been found in 22 states and 5 Canadian provinces.
Earth Journal
A total of 439 species were on the list in 1996, and 591 are on it today, meaning overall membership has expanded by more than one-third.
Earth Journal
By this court’s logic, nobody can have “standing” to challenge policies on trapping and hunting.
Earth Journal
Sport killings reached or exceeded DNR targets in zone after zone, and well ahead of schedules.
Earth Journal
Some 150 moose will be equipped with GPS transmitters that can tell when they’ve stopped moving; 27 will also get “mortality implant transmitters” that sound an alarm when heartbeat ceases.
Community Voices
State agency staff with oversight responsibility have prematurely declared mine projects to be environmentally safe before seeing proof.
Environment
In both Minnesota and Wisconsin, sportsmen’s success confounds predictions.
Earth Journal
A limited ruling kicks all of the important issues down the road for other courts to weigh.
Earth Journal
Both states would allow hunting, trapping and baiting, though only Wisconsin proposed to let hunters use dogs.
