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Down in the Valleys

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

Rice on lake. Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Resource Management

Protecting wild rice: will site-specific standards work?

September 15, 2023 By Stephanie Hemphill

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

August 25, 2023 By Lynette Anderson

Michael Overend stands under the manifold where the heat pump refrigerant comes in and warm air is sent to several rooms through ductwork.

In northern Minnesota, early adopters make the case for cold-climate heat pumps

August 10, 2023 By Stephanie Hemphill

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

June 5, 2023 By Patrick Shea

An Ohio man shares the trials and triumphs of walking the entire North Country Trail.

The Opposite of Everything

May 18, 2023 By Laurie Allmann

A poem for the times

Dikes in Spirit Lake

Artists inspired by a big river

April 29, 2023 By Stephanie Hemphill

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

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