As a graduate student, Deborah Swackhamer made important discoveries about toxic chemicals polluting the Great Lakes; as a researcher she endured a grueling industry investigation; as a public scientist she showed how to make Minnesota’s lakes and rivers cleaner. In retirement she continues her lifelong quest to improve water quality.
Book Review: Amethyst and Agate: Poems of Lake Superior
Poets and visual artists contemplate Lake Superior.
The Agate Hunters
There is no closed season for pursuing rocks.
Diary of an Aquatic Scientist
How an arts-based underwater photography program functions as a platform for student driven scientific inquiry (or) Thirty years after hearing a B-side Iron Maiden song, I finally get it.
Whitetail deer diminish diversity of Minnesota’s northern forests
Hungry deer have changed Minnesota’s landscape dramatically, making it difficult to preserve or restore the original northwoods.
Comparing PolyMet to Wisconsin’s Flambeau Mine
A critic of the proposed PolyMet mine in Minnesota compares the project to the Flambeau mine, which operated in Wisconsin in the 1990s.
Storm
A poem and photos to celebrate a winter storm.
Book Review: Plain Radical by Robert Jensen
Book celebrates Minnesota peace, justice campaigner.
Tribes work harder, gain more influence, on environmental decisions
Over the past few decades, Ojibwe bands have been increasing their ability to work on a broad range of natural resources-related issues.
Environmental Impact Statements: Do they work?
A conversation with Scott Strand, Executive Director of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.