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White House proposes expediting new pipelines under Namekagon River, other national parks
President Trump’s infrastructure proposal includes giving Interior Secretary sole authority to approve pipelines crossing National Parks.
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River Falls commissions recommend keeping Kinnickinnic River dams for now
Years of debate over the future of the dams results in recommendation for future removal, comes down to city council vote on Feb. 27.
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Scrapbook opens window on lost history of building a power line over the upper St. Croix River
New York woman donates grandfather’s photo album to local historical society, illuminating a major construction project in 1930.
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Historic fur post on St. Croix River tributary gets a new name
New name better reflects the diverse range of history shared at the Pine City site.
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Archaeology: Interstate Park’s ancient copper tool and extinct bison bones posed a millennia-old mystery
Park workers dug up objects in the 1930s that raised questions about when people first lived in what’s now Wisconsin.
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Watch: Paraglider pilot cruises over frozen Lake St. Croix
Soar above the ice and see the river from a new perspective.
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50th Anniversary: Debating the first Wild and Scenic St. Croix legislation in the U.S. Senate
Read what the sponsors said when they tried to pass a St. Croix River bill the first time.
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Newspaper editor notes importance of St. Croix River to region’s past and future
The value of the river has shifted from transportation and power to clean water and wilderness.
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Sign up now to spend six days paddling down the Namekagon this summer
Travel 92-miles down the beautiful river, exploring one of the nation’s first Wild and Scenic national parks.
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Watch: Timelapse video shows new St. Croix River bridge’s four years of construction in two minutes
See the process from March 2013 start to August 2017 completion in hyperspeed.
