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Scientists say an Asian carp discovered near Lake Michigan may have been planted there, instead of evading an electronic barrier meant to keep the species out of the Great Lakes.
As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone
BP claimed a key victory Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is gone - though what's left is still nearly five times the amount that poured from the Exxon Valdez.
Local conservation and outdoors groups are gearing up to share ideas with the federal government. They'll have a chance Wednesday to speak to top Obama administration officials about how to do a better job of protecting natural resources.
Gulf crews hope to wrap up kill-attempt tests
Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill.
A faulty pipe owned by the energy company Enbridge is to blame for the the recent oil spill in Michigan. More than 14-hundred miles of that very same Enbridge pipeline runs through northern Minnesota. State Fire Marshall Jerry Rosendahl oversees Minnesota's Office of Pipeline Safety. He joined Cathy Wurzer this morning by phone.
Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sealife
On the chance that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens some sea creatures with extinction, naturalist Jack Rudloe hopes his laboratory can save them.
Forest Service mulls razing historic wolf research post
When wolf researcher Mike Nelson isn't in the woods, he's often in the Kawishiwi Laboratory and Forest Research Center -- a small complex of log and stone cabins nestled under centuries-old white pines south of Ely.
A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is less toxic to aquatic life than oil alone.