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Diving for Great Lakes Answers

By Laurie Allmann | April 6, 2024 |

Two mussel species set off a cascade of events in the Great Lakes

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Resource Management, Water quality Tagged With: Great Lakes, Nature

“We got jellyfish!”

By Ellie Katz | January 12, 2024 |

Freshwater jellyfish with water glider

Student scientists in Michigan add to the sparse scientific record about Craspedacusta sowerbii, a freshwater jellyfish found in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes.

Filed Under: Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: Nature

Finding new ways to assert treaty rights and protect the environment

By Stephanie Hemphill | December 10, 2023 |

Wild rice on a lake

White Earth attorney Frank Bibeau is coming up with new ways to protect the environment by asserting tribal rights.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Commentary, Conservation practices, Freshwater lakes, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Policy, Resource Management, Water quality Tagged With: conservation, Nature, policy, resource management

Climate disruption: what are we in for?

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 21, 2023 |

Pines on the St. Croix River

We are all noticing changes in the climate. What can we expect in Minnesota?

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation practices, Forestry, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Nature, Research Tagged With: conservation, Lake Superior, minnesota, Nature, Northern Minnesota

The trail less traveled

By Patrick Shea | June 5, 2023 |

An Ohio man shares the trials and triumphs of walking the entire North Country Trail.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature Tagged With: Nature

Ice

By John Pastor | March 16, 2023 |

ice floes

The mysteries of ice formation and melting are revealed.

Filed Under: Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Science Tagged With: Nature

Trying (again) to tackle mercury in the St. Louis River

By Stephanie Hemphill | February 28, 2023 |

Taking steps to put the St. Louis River on a mercury diet.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Nature, Peatlands, Policy, Research, Resource Management, Science, Taconite mining, Water quality Tagged With: Lake Superior, mining, minnesota, Nature, Northern Minnesota, policy, resource management

Getting to know Wolves

By Stephanie Hemphill | January 30, 2023 |

Wolf pups from Voyageurs National Park

Recent research reveals more about the lives of wolves on the Fond du Lac Chippewa Reservation and in Voyageurs National Park.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, wildlife Tagged With: Nature, Northern Minnesota

Interest grows in native “rough fish”

By Stephanie Hemphill | November 11, 2022 |

Recent research on some of Minnesota’s native fishes pinpoints astonishing longevity and an important role in ecosystems.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Fish, Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Research, Resource Management, Science, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature, resource management

Bat Gadgetry: High-Tech Solutions to a Deadly Problem 

By Patrick Shea | October 15, 2022 |

Bat cave

A deadly fungus is threatening bats across the continent and it’s pushed several species towards extinction. But some scientists are hopeful they’ve found a solution: a “bug buffet.”

Filed Under: Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Research, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature

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