Quarantine proposal raises concerns
May 9, 2013 in Lake County News-Chronicle
Some big changes could be coming to the Northeastern Minnesota logging and lumber businesses, bringing new challenges for one of the region’s biggest industries.The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is set to initiate a quarantine on wood harvested in Lake and Cook counties next spring in an effort to stop the nationwide spread of the invasive gypsy moth, putting in place strict regulations on the transportation of wood from the two counties. Continue Reading
RAPID CITY (AP) While some critics say the U.S. Forest Service isn’t doing enough to address the pine beetle problem in South Dakota’s Black Hills, others think the federal agency is going too far. 
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