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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

Duluth talks about the future

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 31, 2019 |

The emerging concept of climate migration challenges one northern city to examine its values.

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

Battle over Manoomin

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 5, 2019 |

Rice on lake. Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Resource Management

Tribal governments and the state of Minnesota offer competing plans for protecting wild rice.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Policy, Resource Management, Water quality

Minnesota History magazine gives a nod to state’s early environmental laws

By Stephanie Hemphill | January 14, 2019 |

New article by Agate co-founder is based on long-running project to record interviews with influential advocates.

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Policy, Reporter's Notebook Tagged With: history, law

Green Bay project promises answers for thorny questions about agricultural runoff

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 3, 2018 |

The water quality in Silver Creek is improving with a concerted effort spearheaded by Green Bay's Sanitary District.

An experiment with before-and-after data could provide focused information about how well various practices work to reduce nutrient pollution of streams and lakes.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Water quality Tagged With: Agriculture, clean water, Great Lakes

Book Review: Iron and Water: My Life Protecting Minnesota’s Environment

By Stephanie Hemphill | July 16, 2018 |

Environmental crusader shares his perspectives in highly readable memoir.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues Tagged With: Lake Superior, memoir, minnesota, policy

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

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

Reporter’s Notebook: Environmental oral history project continues with John Herman

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 16, 2017 |

John Herman. Photo © Stephanie Hemphill.

Key players in passage and uses of early environmental legislation are interviewed as part of an oral history project.

Filed Under: History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Reporter's Notebook, Series

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