On the other three days of the week, "visitors in need can expect extended response times of up to several hours." Just three of the park's seven law enforcement officer positions are filled.| Park Rapids Enterprise
The so-called roadless rule covers some 30% of all national forest land across the country, but only 2.2% of national forest land in Minnesota — and all of it outside the Boundary Waters.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Both were probationary employees. The agency gave the four other workers who were placed on leave either a one-week leave extension or a “notice of proposed removal.”| Park Rapids Enterprise
Environmental groups celebrated the decision, which was expected to be voted on by the full chamber Wednesday.| Park Rapids Enterprise
In a crowded ballroom, they urged state pollution regulators to consider the impacts on local communities. Environmentalists said the standard was attainable and long overdue.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Miners say the stringent limit on sulfate released into wild rice waters puts their jobs at risk, while environmental groups and Indigenous tribes maintain the protection of wild rice is overdue.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Employees at the freshwater lab were told they could leave their jobs or apply for a limited number of new jobs elsewhere in the EPA, and funding for an estimated 25 early-career researchers ended.| Park Rapids Enterprise
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A woman who won a $10 million judgment against the group's prophet is seeking to collect the proceeds of a land sale near Grand Marais.| Park Rapids Enterprise
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The state has the cat species' third-largest population in the U.S.| Park Rapids Enterprise