Minnesota agency plans to set new rules that critics say will allow degradation in water quality.
The Driftless: the land and humans
Here in the Driftless, it’s a never-ending cycle: surface water infiltrates into the soils and karst, becoming groundwater that quickly flows from nearby springs to become surface water again.
An uncommon home for the Common Tern
People are protecting Common Terns, which aren’t so common in the Midwest.
Great Lakes Estuaries
Estuaries in the Great Lakes are among the most productive, life-supporting and interesting environments on the planet.
Thinking about white pine
A biologist’s romance with a 200-year-old white pine.
Field Notes
Artist Mark Odegard finds inspiration in phenology
Harmony, Balance, Governance
Flexing mussels
The life-and-death secrets of mussels.
Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?
Communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and other natural features from human threats.