Outdoors

• EPA Awards Grant to Protect Women and Children from Mercury in Lake Superior Fish

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $1.4 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the Minnesota Department of Health to reduce mercury exposure risk for women and children who live along Lake Superior’s north shore.

• Fire Dangers Hit Record High in Minnesota

  Fire danger has hit a record high and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is urging the public to take extra precaution.

• 2012 Beach Monitoring Season Comes to a Close

  Monitoring on all Minnesota Lake Superior Beaches have ceased.

• UPDATE: Eight Wildfires Burning in NW Minnesota

  Grand Rapids, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) -- Governor Mark Dayton issued an Emergency Executive Order Tuesday for the Adjuntant General of Minnesota to send active duty personnel and equipment necessary to help suppress eight wildfires in Northwest Minnesota.

• Dry Fall Leads to Extreme Fire Danger

  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources urges people to be extra cautious when working outdoors due to extreme fire danger in many parts of the state.

• Beach Advisory Removed for Duluth Beach

  Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- The beach advisory for the 20th Street / Hearding Island Canal Beach in Duluth has been lifted.

• Deadly Deer Disease Confirmed in Three Wisconsin Counties

  Madison, WI (Northland's NewsCenter) --- DNR officials have confirmed that samples from dead deer in Dane, Sauk and Waukesha counties have tested positive for EHD.

• Cool Temperatures Lift Campfire Restrictions in the BWCAW

  With cooling temperatures and shorter days, the Forest Service has lifted restrictions that previously limited the hours for campfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

• MN Wolf Hunt Lottery Winners

  St. Paul, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - The winners of the license lottery for Minnesota's first ever wolf hunting and trapping season are now posted on the Department of Natural Resources website.

• MDH Removes and Adds Advisories for Duluth Beaches

  Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) -- The Minnesota Department of Health has added and removed an advisory on two different beaches on Lake Superior in Duluth.

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