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Mantrap Valley Conservation Club to celebrate 60th

The MVCC is celebrating 60 years of fostering wildlife conservation with an open house June 30. There will be a live raptor presentation at 3 p.m. presented by Chris Tolman...

outdoors / environment Sat, Jun 08, 2013 - 1:45pm

DNR: Leave aquatic vegetation alone unless you get a permit

State officials are trying to protect the health of several lakes by reminding residents with waterfront property not to clear aquatic vegetation unless they have a permit. Some homeowners remove...

outdoors / environment Tue, May 28, 2013 - 7:26am

Winter hard on wildlife. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)

Long winter taking toll on wildlife

Old Man Winter not only has a pretty hard grip on the region, but his icy fingers seem to be curling around some of the area’s beloved wildlife. The cold,...

outdoors / environment Thu, Apr 18, 2013 - 7:52am

A helicopter crew of professional wildlife wranglers transports a bighorn sheep in February 2010 in the North Dakota Badlands. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently transported a herd of sheep from a heavily traveled stretch of U.S. Highway 85 to a more remote area to reduce the incidence of road-kill deaths. At least a half-dozen sheep near the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park have been killed by vehicles since 2010.

N.D. Game and Fish uses helicopter to move bighorn sheep away from Oil Patch highway

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently deployed a helicopter crew to capture and relocate 12 bighorn sheep in an effort to reduce road-kill incidents along a heavily traveled...

outdoors / environment Tue, Mar 12, 2013 - 8:06am

Wonewok gas spills; cleanup under way

Environmental contractors were excavating contaminated soil this week at Wonewok on Big Mantrap Lake following a 76-gallon gasoline spill earlier this month. Doug Bellefeuille, who handles Minnesota Pollution Control Agency...

news / environment Sat, Feb 23, 2013 - 1:00pm

The Fosston incinerator would like to take Hubbard County's waste, but currently is at capacity for burning it. An expansion is years in the future. (Submitted photo)

Hubbard County looks at new options for trash disposal

To burn or not to burn. That is the question. Hubbard County commissioners Tuesday mulled over the issue of waste disposal and the future. As waste piles up, the options...

news / environment Sat, Feb 16, 2013 - 1:00pm

Grant opportunities in Lake Emma Township

Lake Emma Township is offering Healthy Lakes Partnership grants to organizations with a mission to preserve the quality of township lakes through projects directed at healthy water quality, improved fish...

outdoors / environment Sat, Feb 16, 2013 - 1:00pm

Becker County to hire AIS coordinator

Though the details are still being ironed out, the Becker County Board of Commissioners took action Tuesday to move forward with plans to contract for the services of an aquatic...

outdoors / environment Wed, Feb 13, 2013 - 3:38pm

SWCD taking tree seedling orders

The Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is now taking pre-orders for tree seedlings scheduled for pick-up on May 3-5. There are a wide variety of tree and...

outdoors / environment Wed, Feb 13, 2013 - 1:00pm

Bemidji hosted one of five hearings in the state on proposed changes on the endangered species list Tuesday evening. Shown left Rich Baker, Department of Natural Resources Endangered Species Coordinator listens to Becky Marty, DNR Ecological Assistant respond to a question during the hearing. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

DNR to make changes in endangered, threatened and special concerns categories

BEMIDJI -- In 1984, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources published its first list of indigenous animals and plants that need protection. The list was updated in 1996 and will...

region / outdoors / environment Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 8:17am

DNR commissioner visits with Beltrami County officials

BEMIDJI - Asian carp have a long way and several obstacles to get through before they could reach waters in northern Minnesota. That was one message from Tom Landwehr, commissioner...

region / outdoors / environment Tue, Feb 05, 2013 - 5:25pm

Zebra mussel veligers discovered in Lake Winnie

Zebra mussel veligers discovered in Lake Winnibigoshish Water sampling efforts have detected the presence of two microscopic, larval zebra mussels, also called veligers, in Lake Winnibigoshish located in Cass and...

outdoors / environment Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 12:46pm

DNR to hold Northwest Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Symposium Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Walker

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Northwest Region will host the Northwest Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Symposium on Jan. 31, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., and Feb. 1, 9...

outdoors / news / environment / outdoors Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 10:32am

AIS hearing set to update state's list of special concerns

A public hearing to gather input on proposed updates to the state list of endangered, threatened and special concern species will be held before an administrative law judge at 6...

news / environment Sat, Jan 26, 2013 - 1:01pm

Funds available for local water quality projects

"Community partners" are invited to submit project proposals to restore, protect or enhance water quality in Hubbard County's lakes, streams and rivers. Lake associations, nonprofits, student groups, faith organizations, schools...

news / environment Sat, Jan 26, 2013 - 1:00pm

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