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Multiple student interns will be hired to work on invasive plant management with the Science and Resources Management Division of Cuyahoga Valley National Park during May-August 2005. The interns will monitor, map and control non-native invasive plant populations.

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From the Star Tribune A proposal to dedicate one-fourth of one percentage point of the state sales tax to preserve the state's outdoor resources and clean up its water has been revived at the Minnesota Legislature.

From the Associated Press via CNN An experimental flock of whooping cranes has lost one of its youngest members to a Florida bobcat but could be on the verge of producing chicks in the wild for the first time.

From the MN DNR With spring just around the corner, the first killdeer of the season was reported on Feb. 24, according to the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union birding hotline. Other arriving migrants reported recently include greater white-fronted goose, great blue heron, northern harrier, sandhill crane, ring-billed gull and both rusty and red-winged blackbirds.

From the Baltimore Sun via the Star Tribune, by Dennis O'Brien Greenhouse gases are warming up our oceans, changing their chemistry and threatening rainfall patterns that provide the planet with its fresh water, scientists say.

5 Month Seasonal Jobs Available TITLE: Assistant Steward LOCATION: Nachusa Grasslands (Near Dixon, Illinois) DATE PREPARED: January 26, 2005 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, by Dennis McCann If you think life is tough on us, imagine being a tree.