Posts Tagged: DNR

Saving Minnesota’s Grasslands: Conservation, Cattle & Community

Posted August 13th, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog.

It’s that age-old struggle: accepting a little short-term disturbance in the name of long-term stability. Dave Trauba regularly faces the challenge of explaining that tradeoff to hunters who visit the… Read more »

First Test of 2013 MN Frac Sand Law is Successful

Posted July 31st, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Energy, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming, Health, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog, oil, rural, Water.

By Johanna Rupprecht, Land Stewardship Project The owner of a controversial Houston County silica sand mine was notified Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that he must… Read more »