Jimmy Lovrien

6 days ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

ON LAKE SUPERIOR — Researcher Jay Austin and crew members of the Blue Heron used a crane to lower a weather buoy into Lake Superior off the shore of Two Harbors earlier this month. Then they dumped a pair of steel train wheels overboard to anchor the maroon and gold buoy as it transmits real-time data to shore until it is retrieved in the fall.

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

Jimmy Lovrien covers environment-related issues, including mining, energy and climate, for the Duluth News Tribune. He can be reached at [email protected] or 218-723-5332. Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Live election results: State Senate District 6 Republican primary Results will appear as precincts report their vote totals. One of eight Republicans will advance to the April 29 special election.

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

BOVEY — Construction has begun on a permanent fix to prevent rising water in a complex of abandoned Iron Range mining pits. It will soon replace the need to pump water out to avoid the pit overflowing and flooding nearby areas of town.

2 weeks ago | twincities.com | Jimmy Lovrien

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified, days after issuing an emergency order intended to boost logging on national forest land throughout the country. The order, issued last week, declared an emergency on some 113 million acres of national forest land, citing wildfire risk or damage by insects and diseases, and called for an increase in timber production on those lands to reduce wildfire risk.

2 weeks ago | phys.org | Jimmy Lovrien

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified Tuesday evening, days after issuing an emergency order intended to boost logging on national forest land throughout the country.