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On Toolik Time

By Sara de Sobrino | August 16, 2025 |

Sara de Sobrino takes us to a field station in arctic Alaska

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, Research, Series, Uncategorized

Pollution in farm country

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 2, 2025 |

Streambank erosion in Renville County

We face challenges addressing deeply entrenched pollution problems in farm country.

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management, Water quality Tagged With: policy, resource management

Seduced by the Merlin App

By John Toren | July 14, 2025 |

John Toren ponders the merits

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: birds

Salt, safety, and water: The science of Minnesota’s complex chloride challenges

By Greg Seitz | June 28, 2025 |

Recent research reveals the complex ways chloride contaminates freshwater.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science Tagged With: chlorine, salt, scwrs, Water quality

The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore

By Stephanie Hemphill | June 14, 2025 |

Walter Sve picks herring from his nets. Photo by Arnold Alanen.

A conversation with Arnold Alanen, author of The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, An Agate Original, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Photography Tagged With: Lake Superior, minnesota

Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm

By Christopher Halsch and Eliza Grames | May 30, 2025 |

Scientists have identified hundreds of inter-connected human activities that could be causing population declines.

Filed Under: Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, wildlife Tagged With: biodiversity, insects, Pollution

Learning an Earth-grown Language

By Cadence Eischens | May 9, 2025 |

Embracing the land as kin

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized

Trump cuts jeopardize work of key Minnesota research lab

By Stephanie Hemphill | April 17, 2025 |

EPA lab in Duluth, MN

EPA facility in Duluth has helped protect human health.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Freshwater lakes, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Nature, Policy, Research, Science, Water quality Tagged With: Lake Superior, Nature, resource management

The Unaffordable Question

By Laurie Allmann | April 2, 2025 |

Will it make a difference?

Filed Under: BWCA, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Policy, Water quality Tagged With: conservation

Measuring the woods

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 14, 2025 |

A special tape measure allows Chandler Johnson to measure diameter at breast height without having to do calculations in the field.

Foresters use technology and site visits to better understand Minnesota woodlands.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Resource Management, Science Tagged With: conservation, Nature, Northern Minnesota, resource management

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