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Trying (again) to tackle mercury in the St. Louis River

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 28, 2023 |

Taking steps to put the St. Louis River on a mercury diet.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Nature, Peatlands, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Taconite mining, Water quality Tagged With: Lake Superior, mining, minnesota, Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Interest grows in native “rough fish”

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 11, 2022 |

Recent research on some of Minnesota’s native fishes pinpoints astonishing longevity and an important role in ecosystems.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Fish, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, resource management

Collaborating with nature

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 17, 2022 |

Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa share their generations-old farming practices.

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science, Water quality Tagged With: Northern Minnesota, resource management, Tribal concerns

Living with Aquatic Invaders

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 14, 2022 |

Scientists have learned a lot about aquatic invasive species, and experts now say the appearance of an exotic species in a body of water doesn’t necessarily mean the end of life as we know it.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Fish, Flowers, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Issues, Nature, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, policy, resource management

Experts clash over logging in wildlife areas

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 20, 2021 |

“Timber sales are not planned by wildlife managers; they’re assigned from the top down.”

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Policy, Resource Management, Science, Uncategorized, wildlife Tagged With: minnesota, Nature, policy, resource management

Working with fire, traditionally

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 3, 2021 |

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.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Photography, Policy, Resource Management, Science, wildlife Tagged With: Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Book Review: Sustaining Lake Superior by Nancy Langston

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 28, 2018 |

Recent history offers lessons about how to clean up and protect the Greatest Lake.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Resource Management Tagged With: Lake Superior, resource management

“Indian Country is clearing its throat”

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 1, 2017 |

Winter on the St. Louis River. Photo by Ivy Vainio

Tribes are working on many fronts to push Minnesota to do a better job of protecting the environment.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Resource Management, Science, Water quality Tagged With: conservation, environmental review, Lake Superior, mining, Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management, rivers, St. Louis River, tribes

Adaptation as Acceptance: Toward a New Normal in the Northwoods

By Meredith Cornett, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota | September 26, 2017 |

In northern Minnesota, most tree planting takes place in the early spring. Here, quaking aspen are surrounded by white spruce and balsam fir. Photo ©2017/Christian Dalbeck Photography

The inside view from a conservation biologist

Filed Under: Climate Change, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Resource Management Tagged With: conservation, forestry, Nature, Northern Minnesota, resource management

Diary of a mad tree planter

By Stephanie Hemphill | July 8, 2017 |

Planting a mix of young trees in anticipation of losing our black ash.Photo by Stephanie Hemphill

Northern Minnesota landowners prepare for the arrival of the Emerald ash borer.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Resource Management Tagged With: conservation, forestry, Nature, resource management

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