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Diary of an Aquatic Scientist

By Toben LaFrancois | February 22, 2016 |

Sponge close-up by Jon, Namekagon River, St. Croix National Scenic Riverway near Cable.

How an arts-based underwater photography program functions as a platform for student driven scientific inquiry (or) Thirty years after hearing a B-side Iron Maiden song, I finally get it.

Filed Under: Fish, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Resource Management

Whitetail deer diminish diversity of Minnesota’s northern forests

By Paul Ojanen | February 6, 2016 |

Sugar maple stand near Grand Portage, free of deer browsing. Photo by Paul Ojanen.

Hungry deer have changed Minnesota’s landscape dramatically, making it difficult to preserve or restore the original northwoods.

Filed Under: Flowers, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management, Science Tagged With: conservation, forestry, Nature

Comparing PolyMet to Wisconsin’s Flambeau Mine

By Stephanie Hemphill | January 21, 2016 |

The Flambeau mine operated just 140 feet from the Flambeau River from 1993 to 1997.

A critic of the proposed PolyMet mine in Minnesota compares the project to the Flambeau mine, which operated in Wisconsin in the 1990s.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues Tagged With: environmental review, mining, rivers

Storm

By Laurie Allmann | January 1, 2016 |

Spruces-Updated

A poem and photos to celebrate a winter storm.

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

Book Review: Plain Radical by Robert Jensen

By Stephanie Hemphill | December 14, 2015 |

Robert Jensen

Book celebrates Minnesota peace, justice campaigner.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Homepage Bottom Features Tagged With: lifestyle, minnesota

Tribes work harder, gain more influence, on environmental decisions

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 3, 2015 |

Technicians from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa seed wild rice in the St. Louis River Estuary, fall, 2015. Photo by Cheryl Katz.

Over the past few decades, Ojibwe bands have been increasing their ability to work on a broad range of natural resources-related issues.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Resource Management, Science Tagged With: tribes

Environmental Impact Statements: Do they work?

By Laurie Allmann | October 10, 2015 |

A conversation with Scott Strand, Executive Director of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management Tagged With: environmental review, policy

EPA scientist’s work could improve mine safety

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 5, 2015 |

Phil Cook dedicated his life to understanding asbestos-like fibers.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Research, Science

Linnaeus’s Flower

By John Pastor | September 20, 2015 |

A fragile little flower connects northern Minnesota and Sweden.

Filed Under: Flowers, Homepage Bottom Features Tagged With: Nature

St. Louis River watershed’s ecosystem benefits valued at up to $14 billion in new study

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 20, 2015 |

The St. Louis River is a beautiful place — and an integral part of a complex ecosystem.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Uncategorized Tagged With: Economy, Northern Minnesota, St. Louis River

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