Federal, state and county officials, mining companies, and environmental groups are wrestling with a question, what's more important: rare native prairie, or the rich gravel deposits that lie beneath. Less than one half of one percent of native prairie remains in Minnesota, and some of the best is in Clay county. Growing demand for gravel used in the booming construction industry poses an unprecedented threat to the prairie. Minnesota Public Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
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