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Trouble by the water: Minnesota's vanishing natural lakeshores
Kirsti Marohn
Brainerd, Minn.
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Unchecked development, lax regulation push Minnesota lakeshores to the edge

An aerial view of a developed lakeshore
Docks and large houses line a developed section of lakeshore on Gull Lake in the town of East Gull Lake, Minn., pictured on Monday, June 3, 2024.
Ben Hovland | MPR News

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Nearly half of Minnesota's wild lakeshores are gone, the result of decades of decision-making that let a suburban-style vision of lake life take root and left lakes polluted. The damage can be repaired, but is the will there to do it?