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The Driftless: the land and humans

By Jeffrey Broberg | February 1, 2021 |

Driftless landscape

Here in the Driftless, it’s a never-ending cycle: surface water infiltrates into the soils and karst, becoming groundwater that quickly flows from nearby springs to become surface water again.

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Driftless Region, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Resource Management, Science Tagged With: Driftless Area, geology

Where the Earth Breathes: A Vow of Stability

By Kevin Koch | December 22, 2019 |

Excerpt of an essay by Kevin Koch from the anthology, The Driftless Reader

Filed Under: Driftless Region, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: driftless, geology, glaciers

The Agate Hunters

By Greg Seitz | February 29, 2016 |

There is no closed season for pursuing rocks.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, St. Croix River Tagged With: agate, geology, rocks, st. croix river

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