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From left, Jordan Wein of WSB and Associates and Andy Edgcumbe of the Carver County Water Management Organization remove goldfish from a creek connecting to Big Woods Lake in Chaska on Oct. 26. Courtesy of Carver County Water Management Organization
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Thousands of goldfish removed from Twin Cities lake

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt speaks with reporters following the announcement of the gray wolf's removal from the endangered species list. The wolf has been federally protected for 45 years. Matthew Guerry / Forum News Service
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Feds announce plan to nix the gray wolf's endangered species status

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Chills and thrills in the November night sky

A survey conducted for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources found broad support for wolves among the general public in the state, but lesser support for wolves among deer hunters and northern Minnesota farmers. The DNR will hold three virtual meetings in coming weeks to take public comments on a propsoed new state wolf management plan. (Photo courtesy of the International Wolf Center)
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Feds to announce wolf delisting Thursday in Minnesota

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Driftless Area continues to be resilient in face of change

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We're having a blue-moon Halloween this year

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Teghan Mau, 15, and Jalin Sithisane, 15, teens from Diversity Council, work to clear Buckthorn an invasive species, on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Quarry Hill in Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
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City parks gain ground on invasive species

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Leave the leaves: An untouched garden still sustains life in winter

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Whoo has a design for new Owl Center?

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The long and winding road

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Restoring peat bogs is a squishy endeavor

The St. Croix River, seen here from the boat launch at St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park on the Minnesota side. Forum News Service file photo
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'Forever chemicals' found in St. Croix River, says report by Minnesota Pollution Control

Emerald ash borer. (Photo courtesy of University of Minnesota Extension)
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Tree pest's discovery in two new Minnesota counties shows ongoing nature of control efforts

A whooper swan swims with a pair of Canada geese on Mill Pond in Austin last week. The swan is very unusual to see in the midwest or even the United States, and is largely found in Eurasia. (Contributed photo by Eric Johnson)
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Finnish swan swims up in Austin

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Grassroots effort is going after lawns

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The great Martian invasion of 2020

The paw of a small male cougar found dead along a busy stretch of Twin Cities freeway early on Sept. 29. (Photo courtesy of Minnesota DNR)
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Twin Cities car-killed cougar was likely wild

The bottom of the Mississippi River is exposed Tuesday evening after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lowered the water level below St. Anthony Falls to inspect locks in the area earlier this week. Photo by Erika Nelson
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Crowds flock to rare Mississippi River drawdown in Minneapolis

Lindsay Ohlman, a propagation biologists from the Minnesota DNR, examines one of the roughly 3000 muscles they had been growing in Austin's East Side Lake for transplanting in sites in the Cedar River Tuesday, October 6, 2020. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
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Adding a little mussel to the Cedar River

Propagation biologists from the Minnesota DNR harvest roughly 3000 muscles they had been growing in Austin's East Side Lake for transplanting in sites in the Cedar River Tuesday, October 6, 2020. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
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Photos: Mussel propagation in the Cedar River

Tom Barrie, right, a volunteer with Revolutionary Earth Farm, loads a bin of pumpkins into his car Saturday, Oct. 3, for delivery while Chris Brenna, founder of the farm, looks on.
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Revolution from the ground up