Today’s topics: Member News, Atrazine, Development, Energy, Fish, Funding, the Future, Great Lakes, Health, Non-Native Invasive Species, Off-Highway Vehicles, Parks, Transportation, Waste, and Water.

Member News

• Pioneer Press: Creating stewards of the land
  (MEP member group Land Stewardship Project is featured)

Atrazine

• Pioneer Press: Scientist says state retaliated against him

Development

• Winona Daily News: Winona horse rancher gives up development rights to protect bluffland acres
  (MEP member group Minnesota Land Trust is mentioned)

Energy

• TPT: Almanac
  (MEP is in the show’s third segment)
• Pioneer Press Opinion: Find courage to put a price on carbon, then let the market work
• Minnesota Public Radio: A new model for developing biofuels
• Austin Daily Herald Editorial: Open wind to more investors
• Fergus Falls Journal: Pull adds hint of biodiesel
• St. Cloud Times Opinion: Let’s argue less and spend time cleaning up climate
• West Central Tribune: Cooperative moves to building that walks the talk of energy conservation
• Winona Daily News: Trempealeau County set to vote on wind ordinance

Fish

• Pioneer Press: Trout in the big city

Funding

• Crookston Times Opinion: Securing our great outdoors; let’s get it done

Future

• St. Cloud Times: Green trends to watch

Great Lakes

• Duluth News Tribune: Low water sinks run to Isle Royale

Health

• Star Tribune: State kept quiet on cancer in 35 miners 

Non-Native Invasive Species

• AP: Gypsy moth caterpillars force closure of Wis. state park

Off-Highway Vehicles

• Pioneer Press: Off-road trail law may lead nowhere
  (MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted)
• Duluth News Tribune: Debate runs deep over ATV use in state forest
  (MEP member group Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest is mentioned)

Parks

• Hibbing Daily Tribune: Passport to adventure
  (MEP member group Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota is quoted)

Transportation

• Star Tribune Opinion: Rafael Ortega: Don’t cut Depot from LRT plan 

Waste

• Pioneer Press Column: Saving the Earth from ourselves 

Water

• St. Cloud Times Opinion: Our waters need protection
  (The author is with MEP member group National Wildlife Federation)

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