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The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore

By Stephanie Hemphill | June 14, 2025 |

Walter Sve picks herring from his nets. Photo by Arnold Alanen.

A conversation with Arnold Alanen, author of The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore.

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, An Agate Original, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Photography Tagged With: Lake Superior, minnesota

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

Lighthouses of the Great Lakes: An Architect’s Sketchbook

By Laurie Allmann | February 28, 2025 |

Agate reviews Jim Lammers’ latest book

Filed Under: Agate Book Review, An Agate Original, Art, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Uncategorized Tagged With: art, books, Great Lakes

Citizen Management in a Contested Landscape

By Marcy West | December 1, 2024 |

The amazing origins of Wisconsin’s Kickapoo Valley Reserve

Filed Under: Driftless Region, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Resource Management

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

Finding new ways to assert treaty rights and protect the environment

By Stephanie Hemphill | December 10, 2023 |

Wild rice on a lake

White Earth attorney Frank Bibeau is coming up with new ways to protect the environment by asserting tribal rights.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Commentary, Conservation practices, Freshwater lakes, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Policy, Resource Management, Water quality Tagged With: conservation, Nature, policy, resource management

Environmental Review: how are we doing?

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 13, 2023 |

Blackhawk Lake

How well is Minnesota’s environmental review program working?

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

Groups ask for further study of Northshore Mine Tailings Pond Work  

By Stephanie Hemphill | July 7, 2023 |

Northshore Mine in Silver Bay wants to expand its tailings pond; environmental groups are asking for a thorough Environmental Impact Statement.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Policy, Taconite mining, Water quality Tagged With: Lake Superior, Northern Minnesota, resource management

Railroads & Fire

By Laurie Allmann | June 25, 2023 |

Filed Under: Audio, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Wildfire Tagged With: audio

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