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Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Will people and pets eat them?

By Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator | August 30, 2024 |

Carp jump in the Fox River

Researchers are looking for ways to make invasive Asian carp more palatable for humans, or for dogs.

Filed Under: Conservation practices, Fish, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Mississippi River, Nature, Research, Resource Management Tagged With: conservation, Nature, resource management

Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?

By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch | July 21, 2024 |

Runoff enters the Appomattox River, a major tributary of the James River, which flows into southern Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

People trying to clean up the Mississippi River to protect the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico could learn from those working on the Chesapeake Bay.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Mississippi River, Policy, Resource Management, Water quality Tagged With: conservation, policy

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

Down in the Valleys

By Laurie Allmann | September 29, 2023 |

Artist Mark Granlund pedals and paints his way down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Art, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Mississippi River, Nature, St. Croix River Tagged With: art, painting

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

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