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Pollution in farm country

By Stephanie Hemphill | August 2, 2025 |

Streambank erosion in Renville County

We face challenges addressing deeply entrenched pollution problems in farm country.

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management, Water quality Tagged With: policy, resource management

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

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

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

CO2 pipeline proposed across the Upper Midwest

By Stephanie Hemphill | April 19, 2024 |

Carbon dioxide pipelines are coming; but do we want them?

Filed Under: Agriculture, An Agate Original, Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management Tagged With: Ethanol

Can we transform recycling?

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 22, 2024 |

Recycling can be confusing. Several bills in the Minnesota legislature this year are designed to make it easier for us and more comprehensive. They would flip the current pattern and make producers take responsibility for the entire life cycle of their products.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management Tagged With: conservation, policy, resource management

Small co-ops lag in clean energy production

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 17, 2024 |

Solar panels being installed

Small rural electric co-ops struggle to join the clean energy transition.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy Tagged With: minnesota, policy

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