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Akinomaage: Teaching from the Earth

By Vern Northrup | January 10, 2020 |

Anishinaabe elder Vern Northrup captures images of the natural world; he calls his book Teaching from the Earth.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography Tagged With: photography

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

Moving around during the climate crisis

By Stephanie Hemphill and Kathleen Weflen | December 4, 2019 |

Reflections on choices we make in the age of climate catastrophe.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues Tagged With: climate change

Hawks on High

By Phil Fitzpatrick | November 9, 2019 |

A trio of poems from Phil Fitzpatrick’s “Hawks on High”

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry, Uncategorized, wildlife

Confronting Great Lakes invaders

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 15, 2019 |

Mid-ocean ballast water exchange is working well to keep non-native aquatic organisms from invading the Great Lakes, but scientists are racing to find more secure solutions.

Filed Under: Fish, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: ais, Great Lakes, invasive species

Growing Seasons

By Agate | September 14, 2019 |

A video meditation on the growing season by photographer Gary Noren and guitarist Dean Magraw

Filed Under: Art, Audio, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography Tagged With: music, photography, seasons, slideshow

Book review: The Lost Forest

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 20, 2019 |

A children’s book explains a Minnesota mystery, with interesting information for adults and captivating artwork.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Art, Forestry, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management

For the love of turtles

By Laurie Allmann | July 25, 2019 |

A conversation with herpetologist Carol Hall

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, wildlife Tagged With: turtles

Birch Sleeves

By Sheila Packa | July 6, 2019 |

Rambling through one of Duluth’s wild stream gorges, Duluth poet Sheila Packa muses on natural history, Finnish culture, and forest mysteries.

Filed Under: Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry

John Moyle: Minnesota’s Aldo Leopold

By Stephanie Hemphill and John Pastor | June 12, 2019 |

Learning about a man whose holistic thinking and scientific rigor continue to protect Minnesota’s natural resources decades after his death.

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science

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