Today’s topics: Agriculture, Arsenic, Development, Energy, Me, Mining, Natural Areas, Transportation, Waste and Water.

Agriculture

• Outdoor News: U.S. Senate continues to mull 2007 Farm Bill
  (MEP member group Izaak Walton League - Midwest Office is quoted)
• Star Tribune Editorial: On the prairie, slow the plow
• Duluth News Tribune: Bayfield farmer puts land stewardship first
• Red Wing Republican Eagle: Input sought for conservation program

Arsenic

• Star Tribune: Properties contaminated with arsenic are added to Superfund list

Development

• Star Tribune: Hubbard, rebuffed again on St. Croix mansion, not giving up
• Detroit Lakes Tribune: County changes zoning to attract ‘green’ development

Energy

• Minnesota Public Radio: Global warming may affect bird migration
  (I do believe MEP member group Audubon Minnesota is mentioned in the audio version)
• Star Tribune: Neal St. Anthony: Big Stone II events may signal end of coal era
• Alexandria Echo Press: New power lines may go through area
• Alexandria Echo Press Opinion: Project progresses
• Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Partners in Big Stone II plan smaller version
• Rochester Post Bulletin: Family builds ‘green’ home using straw for insulation

Me

• It’s old news for avid readers of MEP’s Weekly Update, but I’m packing my bags and migrating eastward like a Tundra Swan.  My last day with MEP will be Tuesday.  Rest assured though that MEP will keep bringing you the news just the same. 

Mining

• Duluth News Tribune: World’s first commercial nugget plant anchors Iron Range rebound
• Duluth News Tribune: IRON range rebound
• Mesabi Daily News: IT’S A GO FOR MESABI NUGGET
• Timberjay Newspapers: Mesabi Nugget deal announced by governor

Natural Areas

• Timberjay Newspaper: New group formed to promote, market park
  (MEP member group Voyageurs National Park Association is quoted)
• Minnesota Public Radio: Moving mountains to build islands on the Mississippi
• Winona Daily News: Conservation deal to preserve 756 acres
• Litchfield Independent Editorial: When DNR cares, ideas flow easily
• Outdoor News: Whitewater State Park receives flood funding

Transportation

• St. Cloud Times Opinion: Is rail transit worth the price?

Waste

• Fargo Forum: Minnesota counties discuss solid waste options
• International Falls Daily Journal: MPCA to release funding for study

Water

• Cook County News Herald: Watershed workshop Sept. 27
  (MEP is sponsoring this event)
• Star Tribune Editorial: Restore confidence in local drinking water
• Fairmont Sentinel: Arsenic tests yield surprises
• International Falls Daily Journal: MPCA to hold public information meeting
• New Ulm Journal: State lawmakers gather information for bonding projects
• Lake County News Chronicle Editorial: No surprise more lakes and streams make impaired waters list
• Stillwater Gazette: Area lakes don’t measure up; MPCA deems several area water bodies impaired
• Sun Newspapers Opinion: MCWD to celebrate 40 years
• Timberjay Newspaper: Oberstar bill sparks anti-fed fears
  

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