Bringing Nature-Based Learning to Duluth
Maeggie Licht, for The Statesman:
Hartley Nature Center, University of Minnesota Duluth’s neighboring park, sees the lack of outdoor, nature-based learning in early childhood education as a solvable problem. Next fall, the center will be opening an outdoor-learning preschool.
Coined
Michael Purvis, the Sault Star:
The Royal Canadian Mint released its Lake Superior coin this week, the first in a series of silver collectors currency that will depict all of the Great Lakes.
Chasing Auroras
In Duluth, Fox 21 has a two-part story on a group of aurora chasers:
Fox 21's Chief Meteorologist Jason Sydejko and Photojournalist Adam Jagunich take a look at the passions of those who chase the colorful lights of the Aurora, and what drives them to great lengths to get that amazing shot.
And here’s part two.
Short on Funding, Apostle Islands Cuts Back
Following the sequester and the recent government shutdown, park officials at the Apostle Islands will have to make changes during their winter operations to save money.
"Extremely Good"
Christie Bleck looks at the 2013 tourism season for the Mining Journal:
There are plenty of reasons for residents to live in Marquette and the surrounding area. That means there are plenty of reasons for out-of-towners to visit.
So how good was the 2013 tourism season?
Super News
The Mining Gazette’s Kurt Hauglie:
The federal Environmental Protection Agency created the Torch Lake Superfund site in 1986, and Wednesday local, state and federal representatives got together to celebrate the deletion of the Quincy Smelting Works site parcel from the Superfund National Priorities List.