Comprehensive article with stats, studies, and advice for landowners on how to manage land during ever-changing times at MY Minnesota Woods.com HERE. “With … an increasingly clear trend of increasing temperatures, particularly in winter, in Minnesota, a great deal of recent attention has been focused on the future of Minnesota’sContinue Reading
Wildland Conservation and Local Economies Apr 17, 2012 at 11:00 am Macalester Economic Department; Carnegie Hall, Room 304 In this lecture by Spencer Phillips, a natural resource economist who has been with The Wilderness Society’s scientific team since 1992, we will present concepts surrounding the economic value of wildlands, discussContinue Reading
HOW TO HELP Scientist-approved ways to help out our amphibian friends: 1. Reduce chemical use in your home. 2. Eat a vegetarian meal once a week. 3. Clean up your backyard habitat. Look for an adopt-a-stream-program, like THIS ONE in Rockville or THIS ONE through the PCA 4. Help monitorContinue Reading
Wolf Ridge, the Protect Our Winters Foundation and Save the Poles have combined efforts to create this curriculum that enables a teacher to provide students with an awareness and knowledge of Climate Change, a subject that will be paramount in the lives of today’s 11 and 12 year olds. FullContinue Reading
In 2007 the Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Statute 144.998) directed the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to conduct four biomonitoring pilot projects: South Minneapolis Children’s Arsenic Study East Metro PFC Biomonitoring Pilot Project (also see: East Metro PFC Biomonitoring Follow-up Project) Riverside Prenatal Biomonitoring Pilot Project Lake Superior Mercury Project SeeContinue Reading