Federal officials revise grant conditions to ensure DNR logging on hunting lands serves wildlife startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 .
$22 million withheld from Minnesota DNR until it proves wildlife priority before logging startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has pulled back from selling timber on federally funded wildlife lands as it continues to address environmental concerns pressed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) for the past several years. DNR's sudden pause is the latest development in an ongoing conflict over the federal agency's effort to make sure the DNR's timber sales are first for .
DNR abruptly pauses logging on federally aided hunting lands while it works to meet concerns startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.