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Artists inspired by a big river

By Stephanie Hemphill | April 29, 2023 |

Dikes in Spirit Lake

Scientists and artists are close observers. Regional artists share how they are inspired by nature, especially by the St. Louis River.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Art, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: art and science

Traces of a wild Mississippi: Talking with Mike Davis

By Laurie Allmann | March 31, 2023 |

Insights from a longtime aquatic biologist

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Mississippi River, Uncategorized Tagged With: mississippi river, rivers

Trying (again) to tackle mercury in the St. Louis River

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 28, 2023 |

Taking steps to put the St. Louis River on a mercury diet.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Nature, Peatlands, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Taconite mining, Water quality Tagged With: Lake Superior, mining, minnesota, Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

The Soundscapes of Xeno-canto

By Laurie Allmann | February 15, 2023 |

Auditory encounters in wild and remote places

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Audio, Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature

Return of a Keystone Species: Dakota County’s Bison Prairie

By Agate | January 15, 2023 |

New herd takes up residence at Spring Lake Park Reserve

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, prairie

Recent Nature Books

By Stephanie Hemphill | December 9, 2022 |

A rich list of recently published books that nurture our sense of wonder at nature.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: books

sweetwater sea

By Dominique Braud and Agate | November 26, 2022 |

Lake Superior transforms the world around it in images by Dominique Braud set to music by Peter Ostroushko.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Video

Interest grows in native “rough fish”

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 11, 2022 |

Recent research on some of Minnesota’s native fishes pinpoints astonishing longevity and an important role in ecosystems.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Fish, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, resource management

Life on the Road

By Laurie Allmann | October 1, 2022 |

Road Ecology offers strategies to limit impacts of roads on wildlife.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management, Uncategorized

Collaborating with nature

By Stephanie Hemphill | September 17, 2022 |

Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa share their generations-old farming practices.

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science, Water quality Tagged With: Northern Minnesota, resource management, Tribal concerns

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