Standing on top of Spirit Mountain, looking down the snowy slopes that drop 700 feet toward west Duluth, it s easy to see why the state Legislature chose to build a
More than $2.7 billion has been pumped into projects to clean up old pollution and improve habitat. 8:00 am, Dec. 10, 2020 ×
A crane operator unloads sand from a barge onto Interstate Island in April while heavy equipment operators move the sand around the island as part of a $1.4 million project part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiaive to raise the tiny island and protect nesting terns. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
Federal, state and local officials on Wednesday celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative that’s been pumping billions of dollars into cleaning up toxic hotspots and restoring habitat along the region’s most degraded waterways.