Minnesota’s elk will stay put for now; plans delayed to start a herd in northeast part of state
A grand plan to reintroduce wild elk to northeastern Minnesota will be delayed at least another year after organizers hit a pair of stumbling blocks, state and tribal officials confirmed this week.
Red Lake Nation pushes back on NE Minnesota elk reintroduction
Red Lake Nation says there’s a gaping hole in the plan to move elk from northwestern to northeastern Minnesota — no one ever ...
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As helium prices balloon, hopes rise that northeast Minnesota has big deposit of the gas
Pulsar Helium is conducting exploratory drilling in northern Minnesota, hoping to confirm a profitable deposit of helium, a ...
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In Minnesota’s Arrowhead, balsam firs ravaged by an especially bad spruce budworm outbreak ramp up fire fears
Fire fears grow as insect that feasts on the conifers has exploded in the northeastern part of the state at a level not seen ...
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Public input sought on elk restoration plan in northeast Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will host meetings on Feb. 10 ...
Minnesota Capitol bill would bar copper-nickel mines within BWCA’s watershed
Democratic legislators have introduced a bill to bar copper-nickel mines from developing within the same watershed as the ...
Owl ‘irruption’ brings joy for birders, concerns for owls in northeastern Minnesota
Owls that live in the boreal forest in Canada have flown south to northeastern Minnesota in search of their preferred food, ...