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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

Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm

By Christopher Halsch and Eliza Grames | May 30, 2025 |

Scientists have identified hundreds of inter-connected human activities that could be causing population declines.

Filed Under: Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, wildlife Tagged With: biodiversity, insects, Pollution

Learning an Earth-grown Language

By Cadence Eischens | May 9, 2025 |

Embracing the land as kin

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized

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

The Unaffordable Question

By Laurie Allmann | April 2, 2025 |

Will it make a difference?

Filed Under: BWCA, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Policy, Water quality Tagged With: conservation

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

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

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

Boundary Waters, Winter

By Laurie Allmann | January 31, 2025 |

A wilderness like no other

Filed Under: BWCA, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized Tagged With: boundary waters, winter

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

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