Artist Mark Granlund pedals and paints his way down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers

Protecting wild rice: will site-specific standards work?
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has been trying for years to figure out how to get taconite mines to reduce the sulfate in their effluent because it damages wild rice. The current effort involves something called Site Specific Standards, and it looks likely that it will have no more success than previous attempts.

For the Love of a Prairie

In northern Minnesota, early adopters make the case for cold-climate heat pumps
Heat pump installers and early adopters in and around Duluth, Minnesota, are demonstrating how the technology can work even in a notoriously cold climate such as northern Minnesota.

The trail less traveled
By Patrick Shea
An Ohio man shares the trials and triumphs of walking the entire North Country Trail.

The Opposite of Everything
A poem for the times

Artists inspired by a big river
Scientists and artists are close observers. Regional artists share how they are inspired by nature, especially by the St. Louis River.