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Thinking about white pine

By John Pastor | July 28, 2020 |

A biologist’s romance with a 200-year-old white pine.

Filed Under: Forestry, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature Tagged With: Old growth, White pine

Book review: The Lost Forest

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 20, 2019 |

A children’s book explains a Minnesota mystery, with interesting information for adults and captivating artwork.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Art, Forestry, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management

Birch Sleeves

By Sheila Packa | July 6, 2019 |

Rambling through one of Duluth’s wild stream gorges, Duluth poet Sheila Packa muses on natural history, Finnish culture, and forest mysteries.

Filed Under: Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry

Adaptation as Acceptance: Toward a New Normal in the Northwoods

By Meredith Cornett, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota | September 26, 2017 |

In northern Minnesota, most tree planting takes place in the early spring. Here, quaking aspen are surrounded by white spruce and balsam fir. Photo ©2017/Christian Dalbeck Photography

The inside view from a conservation biologist

Filed Under: Climate Change, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Resource Management Tagged With: conservation, forestry, Nature, Northern Minnesota, resource management

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