“People in the community were grateful we were getting some kind of help, but it turned out to be an epic disaster.”
Walter Mondale, Champion of Rivers
In his own words, with photographs by Craig Blacklock and a remembrance from Tia Nelson
A Father’s Bird Journal
Eighty Years Later
The Driftless: the land and humans
Here in the Driftless, it’s a never-ending cycle: surface water infiltrates into the soils and karst, becoming groundwater that quickly flows from nearby springs to become surface water again.
Going Driftless
Geologist Jeff Broberg explores the origins of the Driftless Region
Thinking about white pine
A biologist’s romance with a 200-year-old white pine.
Permitting Minnesota’s mines: what can we learn?
A deep dive into the permitting process for the decades-old Northshore mine and the proposed PolyMet mine reveals a lot about the flaws in the system.
Book review: The Lost Forest
A children’s book explains a Minnesota mystery, with interesting information for adults and captivating artwork.
John Moyle: Minnesota’s Aldo Leopold
Learning about a man whose holistic thinking and scientific rigor continue to protect Minnesota’s natural resources decades after his death.
Will woodland caribou survive in the Lake Superior basin?
Human policy decisions may pose a more imminent threat to caribou than climate change.