“Timber sales are not planned by wildlife managers; they’re assigned from the top down.”
Working with fire, traditionally
A new short film, Oshkigin: Spirit of Fire, shows the traditional controlled burning practices of the Anishinaabe people. These small burns help prevent wildfires from getting out of hand.
Book Review: Sustaining Lake Superior by Nancy Langston
Recent history offers lessons about how to clean up and protect the Greatest Lake.
“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
Diary of a mad tree planter
Northern Minnesota landowners prepare for the arrival of the Emerald ash borer.
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.
Dueling lawsuits over Minntac permit
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is at the center of lawsuits over a long-delayed water quality permit for the Minntac taconite mine.
Minnesota tweaks wild rice rule
Minnesota adjusts a formula designed to protect wild rice waters from sulfate pollution.
Minnesota puts taconite mine permitting “on pause”
As the federal government investigates whether it should take away Minnesota’s authority to regulate industry, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it has put most mining permit activities “on pause.”