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Prairie stewards celebrate Blueberry Hill preservation
Event marks signing of agreement between state and volunteers to manage native habitat.
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Prairie protectors save site overlooking St. Croix River from state sale
Group will continue to manage natural habitat at Blueberry Hill for at least five more years.
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Bison are back at Belwin
Herd returns to nature preserve’s prairie in Afton for 13th year.
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National Park Service to conduct prescribed burns this spring
Several fires may be ignited to help restore natural habitat along the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers.
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Prairie protectors ask for help keeping Blueberry Hill in public hands
Volunteer group seeks support for getting land transferred from state to local ownership.
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State plans to auction off scenic prairie on Bayport bluff
Volunteers have spent 15 years restoring site, but MNDOT is now moving to sell it.
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Looking for long lost prairie remnants in Afton State Park
Bluff prairies were once ignored by humans and home to unique wildlife, but may now need help to survive.
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Botanicals: Plant life reigns at ArtReach St. Croix
Painting, sculpture and prints celebrate plants during the depths of a Minnesota winter.
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Poetry on the prairie: Read haiku inspired by Belwin’s bison release
Everyone at the recent event was invited to celebrate spring, native ecosystems, and the art of nature in brief.
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River Bum Log: Burning on the bluffs under blue skies
From the ashes, native prairie grass and its endangered inhabitants will regrow on lands along the St. Croix.