Today’s Topics: Boundary Waters Cell Tower; Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment; Climate Change; Complete Streets; Conservation; Energy; Fish and Wildlife; Forests; Invasive Species; Mining; Parks and Trails; Recycling and Waste Reduction; School Trust Lands; Sustainability; Transportation; Water
Boundary Waters Cell Tower
Business North: Friends of BWCA to appeal cell tower ruling
Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment
Detroit Lakes Online: Letter: Credit to Langseth for work on Park and Trail Legacy
Mankato Free Press: Editorial: Outstate parks need more from legacy
Mankato Free Press: Leveling the Legacy playing field
Climate Change
Duluth News Tribune: Commentary: Duluth needs a long-term strategy to deal with effects of climate change
Complete Streets
Pioneer Press: St. Paul’s Charles Avenue: Bike boulevard, car-slowing planned
(MEP member group Transit for Livable Communities mentioned)
Conservation
Detroit Lakes Online: Counties start to rebel — Conservation land turns controversial
Energy
Associated Press: NRC to hold public forum on Prairie Island safety
Fairmont Sentinel: Editorial: Natural gas, coal and nuclear energy needed
Farmington Independent: CapX2020 power line project breaks ground, heads this way
Finance and Commerce: Feds seek info on hydroelectric dam project
MinnPost: From Fukushima to San Onofre, doubts about nuclear power’s future viability
Republican Eagle: Commentary: U.S. nuclear plants safe, reliable and clean
Rochester Post-Bulletin: Senior U.S. energy official urges extention of tax credits during Rochester visit
South Washington County Bulletin: Cottage Grove explores solar as part of municipal building energy efficiency upgrades
Star Tribune: New refrigeration trucks are energy-savers
Fish and Wildlife
Alexandria Echo Press: DNR partners with Minnesota Zoo to preserve bison
Duluth News Tribune: City, DNR working to accommodate skiers, trout at post-flood Chester Bowl
(MEP member groups Izaak Walton League and Trout Unlimited mentioned)
MPR: DNR: Warm weather is stressing fish in Minnesota lakes
Forests
Pioneer Press: Minnesota forests: Court sides with state, not timber companies, caps payments at $100K
Invasive Species
Detroit Lakes Online: Zebra mussels found in Pelican Lake near Brainerd
MPR: Anxiety and anger as zebra mussel invasion spreads
Pioneer Press: Dave Orrick: Appearance of Eurasian milfoil in Michigan’s Sylvania Wilderness reason for concern for BWCA
Pioneer Press: University of Minnesota’s invasive aquatic species research center plan backed by panel
Star Tribune: Brewery aims to help can the spread of invasive species
Star Tribune: Hennepin County coloring its message on invasive species
Mining
Business North: House OK bill to quicken mine permitting process
Duluth News Tribune: House bill would cut environmental review time for mines
(MEP member group Environment Minnesota mentioned)
Mesabi Daily News: Anderson issues mining challenge
Mesabi Daily News: Cravaack pushes permitting change
Republican Eagle: Letter: Environmental impact study needed for frac mines
Republican Eagle: Letter: Raise 1,000 voices against mining
Republican Eagle: Letter: Time inadequate to review report
Republican Eagle: Mining panel: Dig deep with permit data
Timberjay: Commentary: Just about everyone supports mining
(Minnesota Environmental Partnership mentioned)
Winona Daily News: Planners offer city frac sand proposals
Parks and Trails
Pioneer Press: DNR: Jay Cooke State Park closure will mean loss of $175,000 in revenue
Recycling and Waste Reduction
MinnPost: Minneapolis council considering mandatory recycling rules for large-scale events
School Trust Lands
Star Tribune: Editorial: Scrutiny needed on BWCA swap
Sustainability
MinnPost: Reaching sustainability in Minnesota, one city at a time
(MEP member groups Eureka Recycling, Izaak Walton League and Clean Up the River Environment mentioned)
Transportation
MinnPost: Get ready for The Interchange, Minneapolis’ Grand Central Station – and then some
(MEP member group Transit for Livable Communities mentioned)
St. Cloud Times: Letter: Pederson helps bolster outstate transit
TC Daily Planet: Transit advocates get connected with the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
(MEP member group Alliance for Metropolitan Stability mentioned)
Water
Duluth News Tribune: Commentary: Weakening the Clean Water Act endangers wildlife, environment
(MEP member group Izaak Walton League of America mentioned)
MPR: Warm weather brings blue-green algae bloom
St. Cloud Times: $48 million St. Cloud wastewater plant upgrades mean cleaner water
