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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

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

Omashkooz may soon join us in northeastern Minnesota

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 14, 2025 |

Elk calf

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is working with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to return elk to northeastern Minnesota. The majestic animals once ranged the forests and prairies of the state.

The current plan is to capture 100-150 animals from the remnant herds in northwestern Minnesota over five to ten years and move them to the Fond du Lac Reservation in Carlton and southern St. Louis counties. The tribe and the state want to restore a climate-hardy, native species on or near their historical range.

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

An update on evolving stories

By Stephanie Hemphill | January 17, 2025 |

Map: school trust lands located inside BWCAW

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

Let’s read!

By Stephanie Hemphill | December 14, 2024 |

An Immense World

The deepening winter invites us to hunker down and read! Take your pick from this basket of recent nature books.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature Tagged With: Nature

Farmers and environmental groups want Minnesota to put a lid on pesticide-treated seeds

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 16, 2024 |

Seed sales by company

Farmers and environmental groups want Minnesota to put a lid on pesticide-treated seeds

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Issues, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: Agriculture, policy

Time to rededicate our support for the environment

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 18, 2024 |

Lake Bemidji

Voters can opt to continue lottery funding for the environment in November.

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

School trust lands continue to stir controversy

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 21, 2024 |

Map of school trust lands in BWCAW

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

Invasive plants: a worthwhile fight

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 3, 2024 |

Volunteers work too clear out invasive plants.

Battling invasive plants can be a lot of work, but when you think about how much the earth gives us, it seems the least we can do.

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

Underground… and out of mind?

By Stephanie Hemphill | June 15, 2024 |

Talon Metals plans to build an underground nickel mine in a mineral-rich part of Aitkin County. Environmental advocates are concerned.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Mississippi River, Policy, Resource Management Tagged With: mining, Northern Minnesota, resource management

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