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Erica Wacker

(She/Her)
Saint Paul
As seen in: HuffPost, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Craft Brewing Business, Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Parent
Covers:  Midwest travel, lifestyle features, environment, parenting and food
Doesn't Cover: Breaking news, international, politics
Writer of words. Comms pro. Public servant. Boy mom.

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Erica Wacker’s Biography

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A Minnesota-based writer and editor with 20 years of experience, I love to go deep into a variety of topics and tell stories that deserve to be told. Specific areas of interest and expertise include travel, nature and environment, accessibility, conservation, parenting, education and eco-friendly living.

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St. Paul's new Afrocentric elementary school opens this fall

St. Paul's new Afrocentric elementary school opens this fall

Sponsored content: The Afrocentric program at Benjamin E. Mays brings African-centered values and academic ex…

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Legacy of the Lakes

Legacy of the Lakes

Discover the rich history and cultural significance of Minnesota's iconic lakes, from glacial origins to must…

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School Board Director Jim Vue's Family Honored with New Mural

School Board Director Jim Vue's Family Honored with New Mural

When Jim Vue joined the school board in July 2020, he was selected to fill the seat that was tragically vacat…

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Eli & the Golden Hug Muffin: Focus Beyond Student Creates New School Menu Item

Eli & the Golden Hug Muffin: Focus Beyond Student Creates New School Menu Item

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. No one knows this better than Eli, a student at Focus Beyond whose e…

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Harding Student's Success Starts with Showing Up for Himself

Harding Student's Success Starts with Showing Up for Himself

William Rubio is a National Honor Society member, takes multiple IB classes, is active in JROTC, volunteers i…

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10 Quintessential Minnesota Lakes

10 Quintessential Minnesota Lakes

In Minnesota, a favorite lake is personal. It's the home of the family cabin, the lake where you caught your …

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Fewer Minnesota taxpayers opting to donate money to help threatened species

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By Erica Wacker
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Fewer Minnesota taxpayers opting to donate money to help threatened species Tax-time gifts fund a third of the state’s Nongame Wildlife Program, which supports more than 500 species. For the Minnesota Star Tribune April 14, 2026 at 11:00AM Trumpeter swans take flight over the Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area on Oct. 10, 2025, near Nicollet, Minn. The swans are among hundreds of species that have benefited from the state's Nongame Wildlife Program.
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Legacy of the Lakes

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By Erica Wacker
| Minnesota Monthly Verified
The origin story of Minnesota’s “Land of 10,000 Lakes” tagline begins with another state icon: the Minnesota State Fair, where historians believe a professor named Ransom F. Humiston referenced the state’s 10,000 lakes in an 1874 speech. By the 1920s, it became a widely used tourism slogan and has been synonymous with Minnesota ever since (despite being a massive undercount of our official 11,842 lakes).
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Accessability movement helps Minnesota bird-watchers flock together

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By Erica Wacker
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Rain was just letting up as folks started arriving at Roberts Bird Sanctuary in southwest Minneapolis. Groups meet there most weekend mornings in the spring to see and hear migrating warblers, waterfowl, woodpeckers, owls and more than 100 other species that reside in or pass through the Lake Harriet-adjacent habitat.
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Interview

Why did you become a journalist?

I love to learn about new things by researching them and talking to experts who devote their lives to the subject at hand.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The New York Times