Great Outdoors: Gearing Up For Camping Season
Although it's been rainy and chilly to start the week, Spring is here and many are gearing up for the camping season. Local outdoor experts spoke with FOX 21 to…
Mining & Environmental News
Deer Tags On The Rise In Wisconsin
Superior, Wis. For 3 consecutive years winters have been relatively warm. Because of the warmer weather the deer population has continued to grow according to Wisconsin department of natural resources. The herd needs…
Duluth Parks to Receive Sixty New Recycling Bins
DULUTH, Minn. - The City of Duluth is moving one step closer to become a more eco-friendly City! Recycling will soon be easier thanks to a grant from the Keep America Beautiful program and the Dr. Pepper Snapple Park Bin…
Wildfire Week Sparks Awareness from Minnesota DNR
DULUTH, Minn. (DNR) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is raising wildfire awareness throughout the week of April 16-22. The DNR is asking Minnesotans to be thoughtful when it comes to using fire, and how they are using it.…
Technology In Nature
DULUTH, Minn. - In an effort to get more community involvement in the outdoors, the Hartley Nature Center is issuing a challenge…
WLSSD Compost Site Open For Yard Waste
DULUTH, Minn. -As temperatures get warmer, it’s time for people to get back into their yards and start cleaning up old leaves and brush. It is illegal to burn yard waste…
Volunteers Needed to Help "Raise the Roses" at the Rose Garden
DULUTH, Minn. - The City of Duluth Maintenance staff are preparing for the annual "raising of the roses" in the Duluth Rose Garden on London Road. Volunteers are encouraged to join in on the annual spring tradition for the following…
Spring Burning Restrictions Begin April 24
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will implement burning restrictions in Cook, Lake and Northern St. Louis counties beginning on April 24. Conditions for wildfires are at their prime with warmer temperatures, little to no snow, and dry vegetation, so…
Wildfire Breaks Out in Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. - A wildfire fire broke out early this morning just before 11 a.m. near the Hartley Nature Center and Glen Avon Overlook near the rock face. All fire units were called to a report of four to five…
Mercury In Our Water
Superior, Wis. Air pollution leads to mercury and that ends ups contaminating the natural resources right here including our lakes and rivers, even the fish that live in those water sources.…
Duluth Announces Energy Pilot Project
DULUTH, Minn. - Mayor Emily Larson and other city officials announced a new initiative to reduce Duluth's carbon footprint. The Canal Park steam plant, Duluth Energy Systems, is going completely coal…
Salmon Season Hits Canal Park Pier
DULUTH, Minn. - Each Spring anglers take the shores of Lake Superior in hopes of a tasty salmon biting their line. Right now the Coho Salmon are running and chasing their primary…
Gov. Dayton to Open Bass Season on Mille Lacs Lake
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Governor Mark Dayton will travel to Mille Lacs Lake for the bass season opener on May 27. With the popular lake's walleye population struggling, Dayton is going to Mille Lacs to highlight how it has…
Study: Road Salt Levels Spike, Threaten Twin Cities Lakes
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - A freshwater chloride contamination study shows that many lakes in the Twin Cities are so contaminated with road salt that they'll no longer support native fish and plants within three decades. The Star Tribune reports the…
Prescribed Fires Coming to Superior National Forest
DULUTH, Minn.-Superior National Forest crews will have multiple intentional fires in the coming weeks with the goal of creating and improving the habitat for native wildlife and plants. The fires are also expected to prepare sites for planting, while also…
