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Living with Aquatic Invaders

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 14, 2022 |

Scientists have learned a lot about aquatic invasive species, and experts now say the appearance of an exotic species in a body of water doesn’t necessarily mean the end of life as we know it.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Fish, Flowers, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Issues, Nature, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, policy, resource management

Experts clash over logging in wildlife areas

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 20, 2021 |

“Timber sales are not planned by wildlife managers; they’re assigned from the top down.”

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Policy, Resource Management, Science, Uncategorized, wildlife Tagged With: minnesota, Nature, policy, resource management

Working with fire, traditionally

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 3, 2021 |

A new short film, Oshkigin: Spirit of Fire, shows the traditional controlled burning practices of the Anishinaabe people. These small burns help prevent wildfires from getting out of hand.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Photography, Policy, Resource Management, Science, wildlife Tagged With: Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Discovering Eden

By Darby Nelson | July 3, 2021 |

A favorite essay from Darby Nelson’s book, For Love of Lakes

Filed Under: Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Water quality, wildlife

Where Sandhills Gather

By Tomy O'Brien | June 13, 2021 |

A photographic journey to Crex Meadows & Bosque del Apache

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, wildlife

Sprinkling lead on the wild garden

By Carrol L. Henderson | September 22, 2020 |

Carrol Henderson calls on fellow hunters to choose non-toxic ammo

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Resource Management, wildlife Tagged With: hunting, lead

Flexing mussels

By Greg Seitz | April 13, 2020 |

The life-and-death secrets of mussels.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, Science, St. Croix River, wildlife Tagged With: aquatic life, mussels, science, Wildlife

Hawks on High

By Phil Fitzpatrick | November 9, 2019 |

A trio of poems from Phil Fitzpatrick’s “Hawks on High”

Filed Under: Birds, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Poetry, Uncategorized, wildlife

Confronting Great Lakes invaders

By Stephanie Hemphill | October 15, 2019 |

Mid-ocean ballast water exchange is working well to keep non-native aquatic organisms from invading the Great Lakes, but scientists are racing to find more secure solutions.

Filed Under: Fish, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: ais, Great Lakes, invasive species

For the love of turtles

By Laurie Allmann | July 25, 2019 |

A conversation with herpetologist Carol Hall

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, wildlife Tagged With: turtles

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