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Thirteen years after that fateful canoe trip, then-U.S. Sen. Mondale and Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson worked to have the St. Croix River designated as one of the nation’s first Wild and Scenic Rivers. The stretch from Taylors Falls, Minnesota, to Prescott, Wisconsin, was added in 1972.
Today, there are 226 Wild and Scenic Rivers - a designation given to only one-half of 1 percent of the nation’s rivers.
Mondale, who died earlier this month at the age of 93 at his home in Minneapolis, called the St. Croix a “national treasure” and considered his work to preserve it among his proudest political accomplishments, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
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LANSING, Mich. - Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the state of Michigan to immediately return to full-staff. Flags had been lowered to remember former Vice President Walter Mondale who passed away on Monday, April 19.
Walter Mondale was born on January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota, and served in the U.S. Army where he achieved the rank of corporal. Walter Mondale was a lifelong public servant, serving as Attorney General of Minnesota from 1960 to 1964, U.S. Senator from 1964 to 1976, and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996.