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But what does it all mean for the environment?
So how did the environment fair in the election? Pretty darn well. Here's my first take on how yesterday's election will affect Minnesota moving forward in protecting and restoring our environment.
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Twas the night before the election
Given that elections are the heart of our democracy, do you ever wonder why there isn’t more folklore built up around it? Then again, telling children that politicians are going to come…
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Vote for a new Critical Habitat plate.
The DNR is holding a contest for what the new Critical Habitat license plates should look like. Perhaps it is because I work for an organization that has a loon in the…
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Election night results
Thanks to some hard working folks at Minnesota Public Radio, you will be able to find election results here on Loon Commons as they are being reported out from the Secretary of…
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Sandhill Cranes
Most anyone who has talked to me for more than five minutes knows that I grew up in Colorado. Well, I just returned to Minnesota from a trip to my motherland and I thought I'd share a few photos. In particular, I had the chance to visit my cousins in the San Luis Valley in…
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a little bit of this and that
I haven’t had the habit of just throwing out a random assortment of links on this site yet, but apparently there is a first time for everything. Mike Taylor, former solar guru…
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Vote Your Values on November 7
The election is just about one month away and a lot of folks don’t know who they are going to vote for yet. Democracy doesn’t work so well when people don’t participate, so…
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SEMEP
The blog Sky Blue Waters has a nice little write up on MEP member group Southeastern Minnesotans for Environmental Protection (SEMEP), which includes a long list of successes for this relatively young grassroots…
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St. Paul’s public waterfront
I had the good fortune this past weekend of being able to bum a ride on the Mississippi River in St. Paul. If you were anywhere near the Twin Cities, I am…
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Hip hop take on fire restoration
Have you ever wanted to record a rap song about how fire benefits a grassland ecosystem? Well someone has beaten you to it. Two people actually. I don’t know who they are,…