Because of some upcoming travel, we’ve got an early and abbreviated edition for you this week. We’ll be back to the regular Friday schedule next week.
More Duluth Trails in the Works
Peter Passi, for the Duluth News Tribune:
Another ambitious expansion of Duluth’s recreational trail system is in the works, following the Duluth City Council’s decision to authorize up to $875,000 in bond funding for the project Monday night.
+ Split Rock Lighthouse site manager Lee Radzak won the 2013 Award for Historic Preservation from the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.
+ Minnesota Public Radio: Could stingless wasps keep emerald ash borer in check?
+ The Michigan DNR “plans to buy pine cones from the public this fall as part of an annual effort to collect seeds needed for reforestation efforts.” Get details in the Mining Journal.
+ Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited the Apostle Islands during a national tour. (You can read about the visit in this story from our August/September issue.) In Ashland, the community commemorated the anniversary on Tuesday.
+ CBC Thunder Bay will celebrate its 40th anniversary this week. From the CBC website: A look back.
+ After this month’s flooding in Sault Ste. Marie, snowmobile clubs say they may not have the funds to repair all of the damaged trails, reports the Sault Star.