A meander to Montgomery, MN
Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?
Communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and other natural features from human threats.
Audible underwater worlds
A researcher records sounds under the surface of Minnesota lakes and hopes to learn whether humans are disturbing the lives of the denizens of the deep.
Monarchs
Hawks on High
A trio of poems from Phil Fitzpatrick’s “Hawks on High”
Confronting Great Lakes invaders
Mid-ocean ballast water exchange is working well to keep non-native aquatic organisms from invading the Great Lakes, but scientists are racing to find more secure solutions.
Growing Seasons
A video meditation on the growing season by photographer Gary Noren and guitarist Dean Magraw