Dana Ferguson
speaker
325 appearances
28 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 12 Aug
Dana Ferguson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in Melrose, Minnesota.
The legislature approved $400,000 over two years to help producers buy the lasers.
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Projectors are affixed to the top of Minnesota's commercial turkey barns, and the infrared beams keep migratory ducks and geese away without hurting them.
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The birds don't like the lights, so they steer away.
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That's important because the birds can pass on avian influenza, or bird flu, to commercial flocks.
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Matt Herdering is a turkey grower, and he says the migration season provokes anxiety.
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He's had birds get sick before.
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Herdering bought two lasers last year.
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He says they've been effective so far.
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For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in Melrose, Minnesota.
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Parents of children who survived the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church filled a state senate working group meeting.
Carla Maldonado said she and her husband ran toward the church when they heard gunshots ring out.
Their two children survived the shooting.
Maldonado asked legislators to pass restrictions on assault-style weapons.
Lawmakers could be called into a special session to take up this proposal and others.
For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in St.
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The state will provide up to forty five hundred dollars for the upgrades.
House and Senate officials say the funds will come from the chamber's operating budgets.
The move to improve lawmakers' home security comes after State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed at their home.
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