Land & Water​

Summer, winter, spring and fall, these boathouses along Lawrence Lake, near Brownsville, are ‘home’ to dozens of river dwellers. (Photos by Nancy North unless otherwise noted).

Life Afloat on the Big Muddy

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is restoring floodplain forest habitat on Mississippi River islands throughout the Reno Bottoms area, east of Houston County, with trees such as river birch, hackberry, cottonwood, silver maple and swamp white oak. Above, Corps forester Sara Rother drives a boat full of trees to be planted on an island south of La Crosse. (Photo by Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The Mississippi River’s Floodplain Forests are Dying | The Race is on to Bring Them Back

From Mound Prairie, you can see a landscape of fields and bluffs many miles away. (Photos by John Weiss)

Mound Prairie is a Refuge for Rare Native Plants

Recent improvements to the Lanesboro Dam on the South Branch of the Root River will give better access to canoes, kayaks, drift boats and other small craft. (Photo by Luke Pfeffer)

Fishing Access Upgraded at Lanesboro’s Historic Dam

Smoke haze drifts over a valley in Fillmore County in late June. (Photo by John Torgrimson)

Wildfire Smoke is New Hazard in Upper Midwest

The Driftless Region is chock full of cold, clear streams, offering anglers ample opportunities to catch trout. (Photo courtesy of Bob White, Marine on St. Croix, MN; learn more at BobWhiteStudio.com)

You’ve Entered the Driftless Zone

Contempo Physical Dance, directed by Marciano Silva dos Santos, performs in the barn at DreamAcres. (Photo by Jeff Brechlin)

DreamAcres, Where Performing Art Meets Agriculture

The Heins' grazing operation, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Hoosier-Ridge-Ranch/100077387513820/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hoosier Ridge Ranch</a>, is grounded in economics. The family’s strategy involves building their own herd, custom grazing, and evolving cropland with cover crops and seasonal grazing. (Photo by Eric Heins)

Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk, Too

Alex Romano signs in for the May 22 meeting on Winona County contaminated water, with her daughter Ruth, 7 months. (Photo by John Weiss)

Water — A Resource in Crisis

Some of the trout and other fish electroshocked this spring as part of the DNR’s annual trout stream analysis (Photo by John Weiss)

DNR Shocks Trout to Check Health of Area Streams

Three 120-foot-wide contour strips planted with cover crops follow the contours of hills and ridges, reducing runoff, nutrient loss, and erosion on the Phil Schwantz farm near Altura. (Photo submitted by Phil Schwantz)

Finding a Better Way, One Generation to the Next

This image is an artist rendering of what a manure digester plant planned for Benson, Minnesota may look like. (Graphic: Nature Energy)

Manure Digester Proposed in Lewiston

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