Elizabeth Dunbar
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has launched a new website to help potential state park visitors find what they’re looking for. Read more →
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Dave PetersThe Minnesota DNR is launching its new approach to groundwater this month, getting into the field to explain how it hopes to deal with conflicting demands on water in three specific places in the state. Read more →
Dan Gunderson
There’s a debate in Minnesota over funding for aquatic invasive species programs. Here’s how Minnesota compares to Wisconsin, a state that claims 15,000 lakes. This is based on data from Department of Natural Resource budgets in each state. There are other funding sources that contribute to aquatic invasive species programs. Since 2008, the Minnesota Legislative Read more →
Minnesota agencies have used unmanned aircraft from the Border Patrol for a variety of missions in the past three years. Information from the Department of Homeland Security, gathered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation lists 11 UAS missions flown at the request of Minnesota agencies in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The Border Patrol routinely patrols the northern border Read more →
Alex Forster
The DNR sees success using goats as a natural removal method for invasive plants like buckthorn on public lands. Read more →