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Greg Stanley

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Stanley is a native of Milwaukee and loves the outdoors. He graduated from St. Norbert College with a degree in English.

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Environment

It’s the spruce top cutter vs. the game warden in a ‘head-butting battle’ in North Woods

Blake Buschman keeps getting ticketed for harvesting the holiday greenery without permission, but he says a Minnesota conservation officer is just out to get him.
December 20, 2024
Nestled into a pocket of black spruce trees, the only deciduous conifer native to Minnesota, the tamarack tree, glows a golden yellow in the fall before dropping its needles in the Cloquet Valley State Forest. From 2001 to 2021, because of warming winters, the DNR says the eastern larch beetle has impacted 60% of Minnesota's tamarack forest.
Environment

Pheromones from tiny beetles could help save Minnesota’s tamarack trees

University of Minnesota scientists have identified the chemicals tree-killing beetles use to communicate. Those could be formulated into repellents to safeguard one of the state’s signature trees.
December 14, 2024
Environment

Resort owners near Boundary Waters drop expansion plans after state environmental lawsuit

The expansion on White Iron Lake would have exceeded shoreline development rules, the Minnesota DNR argued.
December 9, 2024
Brothers Nathan and Gabe Usem watched the sunset from the dock on White Iron Lake. Photo by Jenna Ross * jenna.ross@startribune.com
Environment

A clever wolf repeatedly snuck into a Minnesota ranch. Biologists figured out its MO.

The successful fencing of a northern Minnesota ranch could help reduce conflicts between ranchers and wolves.
November 17, 2024
Environment

Minnesota researchers find that native plants can beat buckthorn on their own turf

Virginia wildrye and other thatchy grasses can kill off young buckthorn before it takes over a woods.
October 31, 2024
A buckthorn plant is removed from some areas of the campgrounds by the Summer Youth Program of the Conservation Corps of Minnesota at the William O'Brien State Park, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.
Twin Cities Suburbs

Falcon Heights, St. Anthony renew police contract after parting ways following Philando Castile’s death

The Falcon Heights City Council voted for contract estimated to cost $1.8 million a year.
October 24, 2024
Environment

Minnesota DNR sues Lake County to stop resort expansion near the Boundary Waters

The county ignored its own lakeshore protection rules when it gave permission for the expansion at the Silver Rapids Resort, the agency said.
October 22, 2024
During the first day at the lodge, Brothers Nathan (left) and Gabe Usem broke out the paddle boards on White Iron Lake. Their family was visiting from California. Photo by Jenna Ross * jenna.ross@startribune.com
Environment

Red flag warning issued for nearly all of Minnesota

A third of the state has fallen back into severe drought as dry spell deepened. Burning brush piles or yard waste is prohibited during the warning period.
October 17, 2024
Environment

Minnesota researchers find that native plants can beat buckthorn on their own turf

Virginia wildrye and other thatchy grasses can kill off young buckthorn before it takes over a woods.
October 31, 2024
A buckthorn plant is removed from some areas of the campgrounds by the Summer Youth Program of the Conservation Corps of Minnesota at the William O'Brien State Park, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.
Twin Cities Suburbs

Falcon Heights, St. Anthony renew police contract after parting ways following Philando Castile’s death

The Falcon Heights City Council voted for contract estimated to cost $1.8 million a year.
October 24, 2024
Environment

Minnesota DNR sues Lake County to stop resort expansion near the Boundary Waters

The county ignored its own lakeshore protection rules when it gave permission for the expansion at the Silver Rapids Resort, the agency said.
October 22, 2024
During the first day at the lodge, Brothers Nathan (left) and Gabe Usem broke out the paddle boards on White Iron Lake. Their family was visiting from California. Photo by Jenna Ross * jenna.ross@startribune.com
Environment

Red flag warning issued for nearly all of Minnesota

A third of the state has fallen back into severe drought as dry spell deepened. Burning brush piles or yard waste is prohibited during the warning period.
October 17, 2024
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