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Subterranean Prairie

By Paul Gruchow | September 18, 2021 |

Essayist Paul Gruchow explores a western Minnesota prairie

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Going Driftless

By Jeffrey Broberg | December 2, 2020 |

Geologist Jeff Broberg explores the origins of the Driftless Region

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Driftless Region, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science, Series Tagged With: science

The Work of a Life: A Prairie for Paul Gruchow

By Laurie Allmann | August 5, 2018 |

Gruchow Memorial Prairie. Photo by Chuck Kernler

The writer is remembered in a praire’s dedication

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Reporter’s Notebook: Environmental oral history project continues with John Herman

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 16, 2017 |

John Herman. Photo © Stephanie Hemphill.

Key players in passage and uses of early environmental legislation are interviewed as part of an oral history project.

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Reporter's Notebook, Series

The Fact of Joy

By Paul Gruchow | June 20, 2017 |

Photo © Trish Carney

Essayist Paul Gruchow takes his cue from a young badger

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Reporter’s Notebook: Environmental oral history project begins with Chuck Dayton

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 19, 2016 |

Loons on Jasper Lake. Photo by Chuck Dayton.

In the early 1970s, Minnesota legislators put key environmental protections into law. An oral history project aims to recall how the bills were passed with wide margins, and how effective the laws have been.

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Series Tagged With: environmental review, minnesota, policy, profiles

More to Say: The Writings of Paul Gruchow

By Laurie Allmann | April 11, 2016 |

Paul Gruchow

With “Luminaries of the Bog,” Agate launches a new series of Paul Gruchow writings to include unpublished works.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Paul Gruchow, Series

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