January 3, 2002 - The mild winter is putting stress on at least a third of Minnesota's lakes. The state's shallow lakes need severe winters to kill their fish populations. Last winter sent lakes into a deep freeze, and DNR officials were hoping for a repeat performance this year. Nicole Hansel-Welch is shallow lakes program coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. She says partial freezes only kill predator fish, which upsets the lakes' delicate balance:
January 7, 2002 -
January 7, 2002 - Skiers and snowmobilers are grumbling at the lack of Minnesota winter snow, but that's good news for some winter sports fans…like ice boaters. Mainstreet Radio’s Chris Julin found some of those chilly boaters out on Duluth Harbor.
January 8, 2002 - Today's warm weather is one for the record books with highs reaching the upper 30s to the upper 50s across much of the state. University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley says many records were broken.
January 9, 2002 - Rainy Lake is a favorite for swimming and fishing, but it is no longer safe for ice fishing and snowmobiling. The January ice is looking like March ice this year. It lost two inches of ices within eight hours.
January 16, 2002 - If it seems like it's been a particularly warm winter, you're right -- it has. So far, the Twin Cities hasn't recorded a single day below zero all winter long. University of Minnesota meteorologist Mark Seeley says it's been nearly half a century since truly frigid days were so hard to come by in the first half of winter in the Twin Cities. In the winter of 1954-55, the Twin Cities didn't record their first subzero day until Jan. 15. And the area hasn't had a single
January 18, 2002 - MPR's Morning Edition, Jan 18, 2002 Topic: New Minnesota History Center Exhibit Opens This Sunday, January 20th, a new exhibit opens at the Minnesota History Center in St Paul. It is called "Weather Permitting" and is needless to say about my favorite topic.
January 18, 2002 - Minnesota's climate is nothing if not extreme. The state seems to see it all including blizzards, floods, drought, and tornadoes. The new "Weather Permitting" exhibit at the Minnesota History Center explores how Minnesotans have experienced weather over the past decades. The exhibit is expected to be on display for five years and features artifacts, hands on activities and fun weather facts. I toured "Weather Permitting" with the exhibit's curator--Loris Sofia Gregory. She says the exhibit was a natural given Minnesota's diverse climate:
February 4, 2002 - Good Morning, I'm Cathy Wurzer and this morning I am coming to you from our studios in Duluth. We've brought Morning Edition to the Twin Ports to learn about the area and explore what makes this part of Minnesota unique. Well, anyone who lives here will tell you that if there's one thing that's unique about Duluth, it's the weather. University of Minnesota Meteorologist and Climatologist Mark Seeley says there are two main reasons that the weather here is so unusual.
February 5, 2002 - The Sierra Club is suing the U.S. Forest Service. It wants the court to block aspen logging on the national forests in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The Sierra Club says the Forest Service allows too much clearcutting of aspen. The suit says that's holding back re-growth of native pine and hardwood forests. The lawsuit is a sign of the times: American forests are in transition. Mainstreet Radio's Stephanie Hemphill has the first in a series of three reports on how things are changing in the Northwoods.