Land & Water​

An older man with gray hair, wearing a maroon tshirt with University of Minnesota in gold letters, stands on grass next to a field of corn that reaches well over his head. The sky behind the field is bright blue with white fluffy clouds.

Conservation Conversation with Farmer Duane Bakke

a thicket of white flowers

‘Highly toxic’ hemlock widespread in Upper Midwest

A group of people gather on a large, elevated, circle structure covered by a roof. Signs with writing and images are positioned around the entrance stairway to the gazebo.

Citizen Working Group Releases Nitrate Report

apple branches

A Warming Climate is Changing Growing Conditions

A man wearing a gray tshirt with a large cloth glove on holds a tube sandwiches in a form. His other hand (out of the image) is pushing down on a plunger attached to the tube.

Liquid Willowcat Revolutionizes Walleye Fishing

A grassy hillside dotted with clumps of tall yellow daisy-like flowers with dark centers. Flowers are called Rudbeckia or Black-Eyed Susan.

In La Crescent, HELP Grant Sparks Community, Habitat Connections

a photo collage of a screen, a bike, and a train

Speak Up, Speak Out – and Listen

A group of people bend and stand over small bushes being planted in a dry grass field. A hill with leafed out green trees is off the the left and back of the photo.

Hundreds of Shrubs to Protect Vesta Creek Streambank

Four students hold long metal poles with an x-shaped end that is placed on the gravel ground.

Chert Quarry Near Grand Meadow Was Historic Social Center

Four high school students, two in chest waders, stand knee deep in a trout stream.

High Schoolers Learning from Trout

A man and a woman and small child stand in a wooded area and look at a large interpretitive map on a stand.

Chert Quarry Near Grand Meadow is Rare, Lucky Find for Archaeologists

A man in a bright yellow vest stands in a creek under a cement bridge covered in dried brush.

The Bridges of Fillmore County

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