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Environment & Energy

Jilly_in_VA

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2. Criminal and devastating

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:55 AM

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I have been up there, specifically Birch Lake, MN, where they once made Hamm's Beer commercials. The water was so clear (and cold) you could see to the bottom until you got pretty far out. We set poles at the end of the dock and caught our dinner many days.

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