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Book Review: Sustaining Lake Superior by Nancy Langston

Book Review: Sustaining Lake Superior by Nancy Langston

Recent history offers lessons about how to clean up and protect the Greatest Lake.

Boreal Heartbeat: Canadians experience a changing climate

Boreal Heartbeat: Canadians experience a changing climate

March 3, 2018 By Stephanie Hemphill

What does climate change mean for people who live close to the land in Northwestern Ontario?

The Making of Minnesota’s New Atlas of Breeding Birds

The Making of Minnesota’s New Atlas of Breeding Birds

February 13, 2018 By Lee Pfannmuller

The remarkable story of an 8-year effort

River of oil poses risks to Wild and Scenic watershed

River of oil poses risks to Wild and Scenic watershed

January 25, 2018 By Greg Seitz

Network of heavy crude pipelines criss-crosses northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, including the St. Croix River headwaters.

“Indian Country is clearing its throat”

“Indian Country is clearing its throat”

November 1, 2017 By Stephanie Hemphill

Tribes are working on many fronts to push Minnesota to do a better job of protecting the environment.

Swans in the Crosshairs

Swans in the Crosshairs

October 11, 2017 By Laurie Allmann

Here in the Mississippi Flyway, both tundra and trumpeter swans are nongame species. A pending USFWS proposal could change that.

Adaptation as Acceptance: Toward a New Normal in the Northwoods

Adaptation as Acceptance: Toward a New Normal in the Northwoods

September 26, 2017 By Meredith Cornett, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

The inside view from a conservation biologist

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