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The Blue Mountains of Minnesota

By Paul Gruchow | October 31, 2016 |

The "three sisters tree" in Blue Mounds. Photo © John Duren

Agate continues its series on the writings of Paul Gruchow with an excerpt from his book, The Necessity of Empty Places, and a tribute to Southwest Minnesota’s Blue Mounds

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature

Above Superior

By Cynthia Dickinson | October 10, 2016 |

Superior National Forest after take-off from the USFS Seaplane Base. © C.Dickinson

Photographer Cynthia Dickinson spends a day in the skies above the Superior National Forest with USGS researcher Dr. Shannon Barber-Meyer and USFS pilot Pat Loe.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Resource Management, Science

Reporter’s Notebook: Environmental oral history project begins with Chuck Dayton

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 19, 2016 |

Loons on Jasper Lake. Photo by Chuck Dayton.

In the early 1970s, Minnesota legislators put key environmental protections into law. An oral history project aims to recall how the bills were passed with wide margins, and how effective the laws have been.

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Series Tagged With: environmental review, minnesota, policy, profiles

The Calling of Cranes

By Curt Meine | August 29, 2016 |

Sandhill Cranes. Photo © Ted Thousand. Used with permission.

In Baraboo, a telling seasonal dialogue between wild and captive cranes

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature

Minnesota tweaks wild rice rule

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 7, 2016 |

Seeding wild rice in the St. Louis River. Photo by Cheryl Katz. Used with permission.

Minnesota adjusts a formula designed to protect wild rice waters from sulfate pollution.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality Tagged With: Northern Minnesota, resource management

The Grace of the Wild

By Paul Gruchow | July 11, 2016 |

Photo © John Wartman. Used with permission.

Paul Gruchow series continues with an excerpt from Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature

Open Grown

By Laurie Allmann | June 29, 2016 |

Restored oak savanna, Belwin Conservancy

Poetry inspired by Belwin Conservancy’s restored oak savanna landscape.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry Tagged With: poetry

Book review: What Should a Clever Moose Eat? by John Pastor

By Stephanie Hemphill | June 13, 2016 |

Author John Pastor illustrated his book on the complexities of North Woods ecosystems.

Ecologist John Pastor poses and answers fascinating questions about North Woods ecosystems.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science Tagged With: conservation, Nature, Northern Minnesota

Duluth activists want more from community solar project

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 31, 2016 |

Community solar is growing fast in Minnesota, but not so fast in the rest of the region. Clean energy advocates say Duluth-based Minnesota Power’s proposal for a pilot community solar garden is too timid.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Issues Tagged With: fossil fuels

Vermillion Million

By Jeff Sylvestre | May 24, 2016 |

Photo by Jim Gindorff. © Used with permission.

An audio composition of natural sounds featuring stereo recordings from Northern Minnesota.

Filed Under: Audio, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: audio

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