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Catching a few winks, this pine marten looks mighty comfortable nodding off in this tree. About the size of a small cat, pine martens belong to the weasel family. Although they hunt chipmunks, mice and squirrels, during the summer they also eat nuts and berries. During deep snow winters, pine martens use tunnels below the snow to hunt. Once threatened […]
North House Folk School Director gives yearly financial report
North House Folk School Director Greg Wright came before the Grand Marais City Council on March 31 and discussed the 2020 financial report and the effects the pandemic had on the school. Along the way Greg shared a couple of stories to illustrate his point. The months of January and February were record setters as 2020 started off with a […]
Great Lakes Governors to call on Biden Administration to sustain support for critical water infrastructure
Last week Minnesota Governor Tim Walz joined the governors of three other Great Lakes states to urge President Joe Biden to prioritize federal investments in long-neglected water infrastructure to advance environmental sustainability and climate resilience, put Americans to work, and address structural inequities that saddle at-risk communities with some of the nation’s most daunting water infrastructure challenges. In addition to […]
City Council meeting a blooming success
City councilors made one of their easiest decisions in a long time when they approved a request by the Grand Marais Area Garden Club for $900, allowing the garden club to purchase plants for city planters and the Harbor Park. That decision came at the council’s March 31 meeting. With the upcoming Highway 61, road construction and the MPCA big […]
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A trusting black capped chickadee stops by for some lunch at Julie Schulberg’s house, and Julie just happened to have some on hand. Black capped chickadees are known to be friendly and curious and like this one, will occasionally eat from one’s hand.
Firefighters contain wildfires along Highway 61 north of Silver Bay
Wildland fire crews from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and six local fire departments responded to multiple wildfires along Minnesota Scenic Highway 61 east of Illgen City, Minnesota on Saturday, April 3. The multiple fires burned an estimated 45 acres and the cause of the fires is under investigation. Several aircraft, including air tankers and helicopters, provided water and fire-retardant […]
I never imagined
Part 3 It is crucial to realize that those who have lived through the rise of oppressive governments have seldom realized the perilous situation they were in until it was too late. Consider a riveting and ominous chapter from the book They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45. First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is a […]
Should herbicides be used for vegetation control?
Arrowhead Cooperative began an “integrated vegetative management (IVM) program” in 2018. Right-of-Way (ROW) clearing operations are on a five-year cycle and will now include herbicides to control vegetation in 560 miles of power line right-of-ways. ROWs will first be cleared by mechanical means, with a follow-up herbicide application. An invasive species component will also “treat any invasive plant species found […]
Writer supports building Enbridge pipeline
When the snow melts and the ground begins to thaw, Minnesotans know what comes next: construction season. But for the Line 3 pipeline replacement project, things look a bit different. Line 3 has been under construction since December and work is more than half done on this project that will increase the capacity and safety of the pipeline. The project […]