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Gems in the Rift

By Laurie Allmann | August 10, 2017 |

The luminous Lake Superior Agate. Photo © Gitche Gumee Agate and History Museum, Grand Marais, MI

Agate is not a magazine about agates. Except when it is.

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

Dunes of the Leelanau

By Laurie Allmann | March 16, 2017 |

Photo © Karen Mulvahill. All rights reserved.

Exploring Michigan’s dynamic coastal environment

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science Tagged With: Great Laks

In the Abstract

By Laurie Allmann | December 12, 2016 |

Photo Luke Taylor

What is insight if not minutia well considered?

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

Open Grown

By Laurie Allmann | June 29, 2016 |

Restored oak savanna, Belwin Conservancy

Poetry inspired by Belwin Conservancy’s restored oak savanna landscape.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry Tagged With: poetry

More to Say: The Writings of Paul Gruchow

By Laurie Allmann | April 11, 2016 |

Paul Gruchow

With “Luminaries of the Bog,” Agate launches a new series of Paul Gruchow writings to include unpublished works.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Paul Gruchow, Series

Storm

By Laurie Allmann | January 1, 2016 |

Spruces-Updated

A poem and photos to celebrate a winter storm.

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

Environmental Impact Statements: Do they work?

By Laurie Allmann | October 10, 2015 |

A conversation with Scott Strand, Executive Director of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management Tagged With: environmental review, policy

The Dragonfly Suite

By Laurie Allmann | September 9, 2015 |

St. Croix Valley artist finds inspiration in his backyard.

Filed Under: Art, Homepage Bottom Features, Insects, St. Croix River Tagged With: dragonflies, profiles

Listen: Following the Wings

By Laurie Allmann | June 11, 2015 |

Golden-winged Warbler, photo by Gunnar Kramer

Interviews with researchers leading Minnesota-based migration studies, and highlights of conservation efforts happening at the local and international level.

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Research Tagged With: birds

Wings and a Prayer

By Laurie Allmann | March 4, 2014 |

Migration of songbirds connects the St. Croix River to Costa Rica, and inspires a poet.

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Poetry

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