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

Boreal Heartbeat: Canadians experience a changing climate
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 remarkable story of an 8-year effort

River of oil poses risks to Wild and Scenic watershed
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”
Tribes are working on many fronts to push Minnesota to do a better job of protecting the environment.

Swans in the Crosshairs
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
The inside view from a conservation biologist