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Ice

By John Pastor | March 16, 2023 |

ice floes

The mysteries of ice formation and melting are revealed.

Filed Under: Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Science Tagged With: Nature

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

The Soundscapes of Xeno-canto

By Laurie Allmann | February 15, 2023 |

Auditory encounters in wild and remote places

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

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

Return of a Keystone Species: Dakota County’s Bison Prairie

By Agate | January 15, 2023 |

New herd takes up residence at Spring Lake Park Reserve

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, prairie

Wind Resistance

By Patrick Shea, Points North | December 31, 2022 |

Wind turbines are being built in ocean waters off the east and west coasts. But why don’t we see any in the Great Lakes?

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Policy Tagged With: conservation, policy

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

sweetwater sea

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

Peatlands: A closer look at an otherworldly world

By Laurie Allmann | October 28, 2022 |

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Peatlands, Uncategorized Tagged With: Northern Minnesota, peatlands

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