Grant is upset about projects that circumvented the citizen-led process.

Bud Grant says Gov. Mark Dayton knows the right call on $9.3 million in outdoors projects approved by the House and Senate. Veto.The former Vikings coach is leading the charge for outdoors groups and some lawmakers urging Dayton to ax two projects: $6.3 million for metro parks and $3 million for boat inspections to combat aquatic invasive species.

via Pioneer Press.

Stinnet Landing chute on the Namekagon River, St. Croix 360 photo/Greg Seitz

More than 70 paddlers are making their way down the Namekagon River this week. Greg Seitz from St. Croix 360 is one of the paddlers making the 92 mile trek. We asked him a few questions about the trip.

What draws the group to the Namekagon?

The Namekagon is part of the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. It is the only tributary of the St. Croix that is included in this designation, and it is a national Wild and Scenic River. The Namekagon is also longer than the upper St. Croix (the part above its confluence with the Namekagon). I was joking with someone yesterday that we really ought to rename the Namekagon the true upper St. Croix River. As part of the National Scenic Riverway, it is managed by the National Park Service, with interpretive programs and primitive campsites.
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Chop & Brew: Another spring, another hop crop gets underway. In this episode of Chop & Brew, we look at the basic steps to planting hop rhizomes in containers and in the yard. Ted and Paul help new hop-growers with tip and techniques for the start of the growing season. Chop & Brew will do several episodes over the coming months on maintenance, harvesting, drying and of course a fresh-hop brew day episode.

Threatening Sky: Skies darken as rain & thunder approach Target Field. twitter.com/MPRweather/sta…

— MPR Weather (@MPRweather) May 19, 2013

Boats ready to go for the morning! #scrapaddle twitter.com/stcroix360/sta…

— St. Croix 360 (@stcroix360) May 18, 2013

Over the weekend a large group of paddlers set off to paddle 92 miles of the Namekagon River.

The Namekagon is a Wisconsin tributary of the St Croix River.

92 miles to go! #scrapaddle twitter.com/stcroix360/sta…

— St. Croix 360 (@stcroix360) May 19, 2013

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Flying Lotus will play First Ave on May 19. Thundercat opens.

“Flying Lotus’ albums are events. They’re not issued with a mechanic regularity and they don’t subscribe to recognized formulae. For those prone to astral traveling and metaphysical introspection they are another piece of the puzzle. For those, let’s say more ‘conventional’ listeners, the records are grand and ghostly sweeping movements – the sort of which are rarely undertaken at present. For being such a potent strain of future-thinking music, the scope of Flying Lotus’ full-lengths recall the ambition and vision of many older masters while at the same time look unflinchingly towards the beyond,” via Warp Records.

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