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By Dominique Braud and Agate | November 26, 2022 |

Lake Superior transforms the world around it in images by Dominique Braud set to music by Peter Ostroushko.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Video

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

Life on the Road

By Laurie Allmann | October 1, 2022 |

Road Ecology offers strategies to limit impacts of roads on wildlife.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management, Uncategorized

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

Bringing the Yukon Home

By Tom Anderson | August 5, 2022 |

After years of cabin living in the far north, writer/naturalist Tom Anderson returns to Minnesota with new perspectives

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized

Kicking off Agate’s short-short video invitational

By Laurie Allmann | July 25, 2022 |

Video by David Morris gets things rolling in new series

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Video

Creating a buzz at Chisago Lakes Middle School

By Patrick Collins | July 8, 2022 |

Students and pollinators flourish in the gardens

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Flowers, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Uncategorized Tagged With: education, kids, pollinators, students

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

Wildly Successful Farming: AGATE book review

By Laurie Allmann | April 29, 2022 |

And a conversation with author Brian Devore

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Agriculture, An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized

Enough

By Laurie Allmann | April 1, 2022 |

When Spring Still Comes

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

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