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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Care provider union debate sets Senate record
By Don Davis Minnesota senators set a modern-day record for debating a single bill Tuesday night and Wednesday morning before voting to give childcare providers and personal care attendants the right ...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 7:59 PM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN New test results show no DNA evidence of Asian carp
There was a glimmer of good news in the battle against Asian carp this morning when the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced results from new DNA analyses of water samples from the Miss...
Posted on 4/4/13 at 10:59 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND VP for Research Phyllis Johnson reappointed to national committee
The University of North Dakotas Vice President for Research & Economic Development Phyllis Johnson was recently reappointed to the national Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) by Secretary ...
Posted on 1/22/13 at 10:45 AM
OUTDOORS WITH SAM COOK Disease-causing snails found downstream of Lake Winnie
Faucet snails, which have been linked to waterfowl deaths at Lake Winnibigoshish, have been found in the Mississippi River downstream of Lake Winnibigoshish, according to the Minnesota Department of ...
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:31 PM
Supreme Court rejects emergency Asian carp measures near Great Lakes 
The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to order emergency measures that might prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite a warning that the exotic fish pose a "dire threat" to the region's environment and economy. The justices' ruling was their fourth rejection of pleas by the states for interim steps.
By John Flesher , February 27, 2012
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Minnesota issues new rules intended to stop emerald ash borer
The quarantine covers Hennepin and Ramsey counties in the Twin Cities and Winona and Houston in the southeast. The rules announced today formalize and update an emergency quarantine imposed last year.
By Associated Press , February 27, 2012
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Feds to spend $50 million on Asian carp fight for Great Lakes
The Obama administration will spend about $50 million this year to shield the Great Lakes from greedy Asian carp, including first-time water sampling to determine whether the destructive fish have established a foothold in Lakes Michigan and Erie, officials said today.
By John Flesher , February 23, 2012
Obama seeks $300 million for Great Lakes environmental cleanup
Congress has appropriated more than $1 billion for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative during the first three years of Obama's presidency. His budget plan released today seeks $300 million more.
By John Flesher , February 13, 2012
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Report: Divide Great Lakes, Mississippi watersheds for invasive species protection
Groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region today proposed spending up to $9.5 billion on a massive engineering project to separate the lakes from the Mississippi River watershed in the Chicago area, describing it as the only sure way to protect both aquatic systems from invasions by destructive species such as Asian carp.
By John Flesher , January 31, 2012
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COMMENTARY: Invasive species hit Minnesota politics
"Some of the smallest thinking that occurred in Minnesota on Thursday took place in a tucked-away hearing room at the Capitol," Twin Cities outdoors writer-columnist Dennis Anderson writes.
By Dennis Anderson , January 27, 2012
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Minnesota vows to get tough on invasive species
With leaping Asian carp moving up the Mississippi River and zebra mussels spreading across the state, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials Saturday said they will redouble their efforts to thwart the spread of aquatic invasive species. For starters, DNR officials said they will, for the first time, conduct random road checks in 2012 to stop the spread of species hitchhiking on trailers, boats and other vehicles.
By Dave Orrick , January 07, 2012
U.S. survey helps shed light on forest-damaging bug
The 61,500 traps installed in 48 states are part of a survey led and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to track the emerald ash borer, a species native to China and eastern Asia that was first detected in the U.S. in 2002. The invasive pest likely arrived inside wood packing material from Asia and has since been detected in 15 states through the national survey using the purple traps that has been done annually since 2008.
By Michael Felberbaum , December 23, 2011
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Zebra mussels spread in popular Minnesota lake
The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District collected data from June through September and found the zebra mussels have become more prominent on the east side of Lake Minnetonka and are spreading to the west.
By Associated Press , December 21, 2011
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Evidence of Asian carp found in Mississippi River north of Twin Cities
Minnesota is kicking up its Asian carp fight after test results show the invasive fish that can out-eat native species could be upstream from the Twin Cities. The discovery opens the possibility that the fish could be headed to central and northern Minnesota’s lake country.
By Don Davis , December 08, 2011
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OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Walleye regs to change on Upper Red, Audubon Center seeks snowy owl reports etc.
Walleye regulations on Upper Red Lake will revert to a 17- to 26-inch protected slot limit beginning Thursday through the winter walleye season.
The daily and possession limit will remain at four fish, with only one walleye longer than 26 inches allowed.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , November 27, 2011
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Minnesota goes to battle against Asian carp
Winter is setting in, giving soldiers on the front line of the Asian carp war a few months to form and implement a battle plan.
“We have a brief window of time,” Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday. By the time the problem is thoroughly studied and a battle plan written, “the carp are in Canada,” he added as he wrapped up a second summit dealing with invasive species.
By Don Davis , November 18, 2011
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Minnesota researchers seek better ways to manage carp
Fitted with electrofishing equipment, the boat eased into the cattails along North St. Paul's Casey Lake, two University of Minnesota technicians standing at the bow with dip nets ready to scoop up stunned common carp.
By Dennis Lien , November 16, 2011
House OKs bill setting national ballast standard
The U.S. House has approved a bill that would set a national policy for cleansing ship ballast water to kill invasive species while prohibiting states from imposing tougher requirements.
By Associated Press , November 16, 2011
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War on invasive carp turning to robotic boats
Researchers at the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University and Central State University in Ohio have been awarded $2.2 million from the National Science Foundation to develop robotic boats and program them to track radio-tagged carp as part of a new approach to controlling their numbers.
By Dennis Lien , October 19, 2011
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