April 10, 2001 - Minnesota director of Emergency Management and MnDOT are examining the floods and what potential problems that could arise.
April 10, 2001 - Xcel Energy is planning to complete the final phase of the nation's largest windfarms next year in southwest Minnesota. Public meetings on the project will be held tonight and tomorrow night in Lake Wilson. Most residents have embraced wind power, but near the town of Chandler one farmer sacrificed a great deal of money to oppose the modern day wind mills. Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports:
April 11, 2001 - Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson. The heaviest rain is yet to come. Meteorologist Greg Gust is with the National Weather Service in Grand Forks. He says most of the heavy rain is centered in Nebraska but it is moving into the region.
April 11, 2001 - The average Minnesota farmer is 50 and earns about $12,000 after expenses. It is hard for beginner farmers to get a good start.
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April 11, 2001 - INTRO: Cuba is in the middle of an unprecedented experiment in organic agriculture. When the Soviet Union collapsed ten years ago, so did Cuba's economy, and before long the island nation faced a severe food shortage. Without enough money to import food, or the fuel and fertilizer to grow it, the Cuban government made a bold move --- embracing alternative agricultural methods including organic farming and natural pest control. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Stucky traveled to Cuba with a group of Minnesota agriculture experts. In the last of her series of reports, she takes a look at the lessons Cuba may have for other nations.
April 11, 2001 - Discussing how it can be difficult to build things under water.
April 11, 2001 - CONTAINS DATED MATERIAL! Flooding is creating major problem in parts of the Twin Cities, especially in the east metro where the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers crest projections continue to increase. As the water rises municipal crews along with growing numbers of volunteers are beefing up dikes and levees, pumping flood water BACK into rivers AND filling thousands of sandbags. The Stillwater lift bridge over the St. Croix is also closed.
April 11, 2001 - The Mississippi River is among more than a dozen waterways on an environmental group's list of the nation's most endangered rivers released today (Wednesday). Washington D-C based American Rivers ranks the Mississippi as the sixth most threatened river in the country. Environmentalists in Minnesota say the threats posed to the Mississippi are also helping exacerbate flooding. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.