Jimmy Lovrien

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Jimmy Lovrien

ST. PAUL – With Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of the summer camping and outdoors activity season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds hikers, campers and others recreating outdoors to be aware of bears and learn how to prevent conflicts with bears. Minnesota is bear country. People can peacefully share the outdoors with bears by paying attention to where and when they are most likely to be encountered, the DNR said.

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Jimmy Lovrien

BRIMSON, Minn. — As wildfires spread north of Duluth earlier this month, updates from fire officials on the largest two — Jenkins Creek and Camp House fires — often included a line noting the fire was burning through “a landscape heavily impacted by the spruce budworm.”A large outbreak of the eastern spruce budworm — a caterpillar native to the region that feeds off balsam fir and white spruce trees — is defoliating the trees and stressing or killing them, which can then help fuel wildfires.

2 weeks ago | twincities.com | Jimmy Lovrien

As wildfires spread in northeastern Minnesota earlier this month, updates from fire officials on the largest two — Jenkins Creek and Camp House fires — often included a line noting the fire was burning through “a landscape heavily impacted by the spruce budworm.”A large outbreak of the eastern spruce budworm — a caterpillar native to the region that feeds off balsam fir and white spruce trees — is defoliating the trees and stressing or killing them, which can then help fuel wildfires.

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

BRIMSON — As wildfires spread north of Duluth earlier this month, updates from fire officials on the largest two — Jenkins Creek and Camp House fires — often included a line noting the fire was burning through “a landscape heavily impacted by the spruce budworm.”A large outbreak of the eastern spruce budworm — a caterpillar native to the region that feeds off balsam fir and white spruce trees — is defoliating the trees and stressing or killing them, which can then help fuel wildfires.

3 weeks ago | aviationpros.com | Jimmy Lovrien

May 11—DULUTH — A project to replace the Duluth International Airport's air traffic control tower — the nation's third oldest — received another funding boost last week. The Federal Aviation Administration awarded nearly $6 million to replace a more than 70-year-old tower, according to news releases Friday from U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R- Hermantown, and Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, both Democrats from Minnesota.