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First legacy fund land purchase dedicated

The dedication of the first piece of land purchased with funds recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council signals a new era in land protection and economic development in southwestern...

outdoors Sat, Oct 22, 2011 - 12:55am

The property includes this 75-foot tall overlook of the Lac qui Parle River. The view looks over the Lac qui Parle County Park and the pioneer cemetery preserved in the park. Many of the graves in the small cemetery are those of children who died in a diphtheria epidemic in the 1870's. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Park looks to expand

DAWSON -- Lac qui Parle County's only park is getting discovered for all the right reasons. "You can come down here any day of the week and there are people,''...

outdoors Sat, Oct 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Tom Kalahar, Renville County Soil and Water Conservation District, helped lead over 50 guests from the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, Clean Water Council, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources and legislators on a tour to demonstrate how strategically located conservation practices are improving water quality in the Minnesota River. "We work this landscape hard," Kalahar told his guests. Tribune p...

Targeted conservation efforts help clean up state's namesake waterway

OLIVIA -- A couple of years ago, a group of paddlers made their way down the Minnesota River as the creeks and tributaries churned and gushed with chocolate-colored waters heavy...

outdoors Sat, Jul 31, 2010 - 12:00am