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Uncovering the secret lives of wolves

By Alissa Johnson | June 28, 2018 |

A creek running through an old beaver meadow, or beaver pond that has drained and become a meadow, near Junction Bay in Voyageurs National Park. Photo by Tom Gable.

A study in Voyageurs National Park is revealing details about wolf predation on beavers, leading to new insights about the ways wolves hunt—breakthrough information helping scientists create a fuller picture of how wolves impact the larger ecosystem.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science, wildlife Tagged With: voyageurs national park, wolves

Relishing Spring

By Agate | June 12, 2018 |

Cinnamon fern. © Dominique Braud

A video celebration of spring in Minnesota featuring images by Dominique Braud

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

Small farmers adapt and invent

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 22, 2018 |

A small flock of sheep enjoy a spring day at Clover Valley Farms near Duluth. Photo: Stephanie Hemphill

Small farmers meet a myriad of challenges with ingenuity and grit.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: Agriculture, conservation, Farming

Canada Lynx: Life on the Edge

By Laurie Allmann | April 27, 2018 |

An 8,065 square-mile region in northeastern Minnesota is defined as critical habitat for threatened lynx in the Lower 48 under the Endangered Species Act. Photo © Thomas Spence

As researchers in the Superior National Forest work to learn more about the Canada lynx, the species may lose its federal protected status in the Lower 48

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Research, wildlife

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

Boreal Heartbeat: Canadians experience a changing climate

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 3, 2018 |

Dan and Brenda Baughman. Photo by Kelsey Jones-Casey.

What does climate change mean for people who live close to the land in Northwestern Ontario?

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

The Making of Minnesota’s New Atlas of Breeding Birds

By Lee Pfannmuller | February 13, 2018 |

The remarkable story of an 8-year effort

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

River of oil poses risks to Wild and Scenic watershed

By Greg Seitz | January 25, 2018 |

Network of heavy crude pipelines criss-crosses northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, including the St. Croix River headwaters.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Regional Environmental News, St. Croix River, Water quality Tagged With: pipelines

New Year, New Perspectives

By Laurie Allmann | January 5, 2018 |

Photo © Jeni O'Brien. All rights reserved.

Four photographers bring us into other worlds

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography Tagged With: Photo feature

Book Review: Psalms of the Early Anthropocene

By Laurie Allmann | December 6, 2017 |

Kathleen Heideman: A Michigan poet you want to know

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry Tagged With: Michigan, poetry

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