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Mineral exploration and mining interest are on the rise in Tribal Ceded Territory

By John Coleman, Great Lakes Indian Fish Wildlife Commission | July 7, 2026 |

Mining activities and exploration in the Tribal Ceded Territories

An increase in mineral exploration coincides with some stalled projects in Tribal Ceded Territories.

Filed Under: Geology, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management, Taconite mining, Uncategorized Tagged With: mining, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Ravens & crows

By Laurie Allmann and Lee Pfannmuller | June 5, 2026 |

Our intelligent associates

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized Tagged With: birds

Minnesota Power plans more gas

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 2, 2026 |

Boswell Energy Center, Cohasset

Minnesota Power is in a position now where it could skip the gas leg of the transition, moving directly from coal to renewables+storage. But it doesn’t seem interested in making that leap.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: energy

The Not So Little Things

By Laurie Allmann | April 4, 2026 |

A plover’s tale

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized, wildlife Tagged With: birds

Stumbling toward clean energy

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 6, 2026 |

Trump paused spending under the Inflation Reduction Act on the first day of his second term. What other resources are there to move the energy transition along?

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: energy

The Rockhounds

By Laurie Allmann | February 6, 2026 |

Kyle and Reid Hamlin put on the miles

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Geology, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Uncategorized

Yet another delay in enforcing sulfate limits on wild rice waters

By Stephanie Hemphill | January 3, 2026 |

Hay Lake

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Taconite mining, Water quality Tagged With: conservation, mining, Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Homeland

By Dominique Braud, Peter Ostroushko, Agate | December 5, 2025 |

Riches beyond measure

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, Video, wildlife

Struggle over Minnesota’s wildlife lands

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 31, 2025 |

Northern goshawk

“We couldn’t understand why the DNR was doing it this way except that they were being unduly influenced by the timber industry.”

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Forestry, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Policy, Resource Management Tagged With: conservation, Nature, policy, resource management

Marking History

By Laurie Allmann | October 3, 2025 |

Looking back to look forward

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Geology, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized

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