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Trying (again) to tackle mercury in the St. Louis River

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 28, 2023 |

Taking steps to put the St. Louis River on a mercury diet.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Nature, Peatlands, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Taconite mining, Water quality Tagged With: Lake Superior, mining, minnesota, Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Getting to know Wolves

By Stephanie Hemphill | January 30, 2023 |

Wolf pups from Voyageurs National Park

Recent research reveals more about the lives of wolves on the Fond du Lac Chippewa Reservation and in Voyageurs National Park.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, wildlife Tagged With: Nature, Northern Minnesota

Recent Nature Books

By Stephanie Hemphill | December 9, 2022 |

A rich list of recently published books that nurture our sense of wonder at nature.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: books

Interest grows in native “rough fish”

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 11, 2022 |

Recent research on some of Minnesota’s native fishes pinpoints astonishing longevity and an important role in ecosystems.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Fish, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, resource management

Collaborating with nature

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 17, 2022 |

Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa share their generations-old farming practices.

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science, Water quality Tagged With: Northern Minnesota, resource management, Tribal concerns

Can we talk?

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 20, 2022 |

Tribal and non-tribal governments work harder at understanding each other’s concerns.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management Tagged With: Indigenous, Native American, treaties

Minnesota wildfire outlook

By Chance Lasher | June 22, 2022 |

Many factors play into the risk of wildfires; an outlook for this season, and why Duluth is uniquely vulnerable.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Science, Wildfire Tagged With: Nature, Northern Minnesota, Wildfire

Remembering Grant Merritt, genial and tenacious defender of Minnesota’s environment

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 28, 2022 |

Environmental crusader shares his perspectives in highly readable memoir.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues Tagged With: Lake Superior, memoir, minnesota, policy

Living with Aquatic Invaders

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 14, 2022 |

Scientists have learned a lot about aquatic invasive species, and experts now say the appearance of an exotic species in a body of water doesn’t necessarily mean the end of life as we know it.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Fish, Flowers, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Issues, Nature, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, policy, resource management

Quirky plants on Lake Superior’s rugged shore

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 19, 2022 |

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science Tagged With: Lake Superior, Nature

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