Communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and other natural features from human threats.
Moving around during the climate crisis
Reflections on choices we make in the age of climate catastrophe.
Confronting Great Lakes invaders
Mid-ocean ballast water exchange is working well to keep non-native aquatic organisms from invading the Great Lakes, but scientists are racing to find more secure solutions.
Book Review: Iron and Water: My Life Protecting Minnesota’s Environment
Environmental crusader shares his perspectives in highly readable memoir.
Canada Lynx: Life on the Edge
As researchers in the Superior National Forest work to learn more about the Canada lynx, the species may lose its federal protected status in the Lower 48
Book Review: Sustaining Lake Superior by Nancy Langston
Recent history offers lessons about how to clean up and protect the Greatest Lake.
Boreal Heartbeat: Canadians experience a changing climate
What does climate change mean for people who live close to the land in Northwestern Ontario?
“Indian Country is clearing its throat”
Tribes are working on many fronts to push Minnesota to do a better job of protecting the environment.
Adaptation as Acceptance: Toward a New Normal in the Northwoods
The inside view from a conservation biologist
Book Review: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan
A vivid history and sober analysis of the many threats the Great Lakes face.