Foresters use technology and site visits to better understand Minnesota woodlands.
Omashkooz may soon join us in northeastern Minnesota
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is working with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to return elk to northeastern Minnesota. The majestic animals once ranged the forests and prairies of the state.
The current plan is to capture 100-150 animals from the remnant herds in northwestern Minnesota over five to ten years and move them to the Fond du Lac Reservation in Carlton and southern St. Louis counties. The tribe and the state want to restore a climate-hardy, native species on or near their historical range.
Let’s read!
The deepening winter invites us to hunker down and read! Take your pick from this basket of recent nature books.
Time to rededicate our support for the environment
Voters can opt to continue lottery funding for the environment in November.
School trust lands continue to stir controversy
Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Will people and pets eat them?
Researchers are looking for ways to make invasive Asian carp more palatable for humans, or for dogs.
Invasive plants: a worthwhile fight
Battling invasive plants can be a lot of work, but when you think about how much the earth gives us, it seems the least we can do.
Comprehensive and beautiful bird atlas published
A long-awaited atlas of Minnesota’s breeding birds is here, and what a treat it is!
“We got jellyfish!”
Student scientists in Michigan add to the sparse scientific record about Craspedacusta sowerbii, a freshwater jellyfish found in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes.
Finding new ways to assert treaty rights and protect the environment
White Earth attorney Frank Bibeau is coming up with new ways to protect the environment by asserting tribal rights.
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