Struggling bat population could get a boost from engaged species listing
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Our sloppy spring storm continues Wednesday. The Twin Cities could pick up some slushy snowflakes, but accumulations will be insignificant. The heaviest snowfall will occur in northeast Minnesota, where a foot could fall along the upper North Shore. More on Updraft. | |
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| Minneapolis families come together to ease strike burden | | On a rainy morning in north Minneapolis, teachers and education support professionals are picketing outside the Davis Center, the school district’s administrative building. Across the street at Shiloh Temple International Ministries, parents, coaches and teachers are frying up bacon and eggs for students. “For me it was, we’re not going to be reactive, we’re going to be proactive in this,” said Kelly Jackson, president of North High’s parent teacher association. Striking educators and the district have not yet reached an agreement, as students have missed eleven days of school. While families in the district have come together to form child care pods, create safe havens for teens, provide food for their neighbors and support teachers, they say they’re eager for the strike to end.
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| Feds propose endangered species listing for northern long-eared bat | | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has started the process to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered. The agency says an in-depth review of the species has found that the bats continue to decline and face extinction. The agency said bats contribute at least $3 billion a year to the U.S. agriculture economy by helping control insect pests and by pollinating plants.
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