Grant conditions revised to ensure DNR logging serves wildlife

To further scrutinize logging practices at the Department of Natural Resources, federal wildlife officials have sharpened the requirements Minnesota must meet before receiving critical funding meant to protect and build wildlife habitat on public hunting lands. The new "site by site'' demand applies to any proposed cutting of timber on more than 1.3 million acres of wildlife management areas ...

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