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Creating a balance between technology and nature
Author and journalist Richard Louv speaks at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum about his new book, "The Nature Principle." Louv started a movement to help children reconnect with nature and coined the term "nature deficit-disorder" in his best-selling book, "Last Child in the Woods."
The U.S. Forest Service and the Boy Scouts are teaming up to build new trails and improve existing trails in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota.
High court blocks states' climate change lawsuit
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled out a federal lawsuit Monday by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The court said that the authority to seek reductions in emissions rests with the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts.
Minnesota research project focuses on saving tiny songbird
Nearly half the golden-winged warblers in the world are in northern Minnesota right now for the summer breeding season, and the tiny birds have become the subjects of a two-year research project that could help determine whether they should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
Photos: Saving the golden-winged warbler
Nearly half the golden-winged warblers in the world are in northern Minnesota right now for the summer breeding season, and the tiny birds have become the subjects of a two-year research project that could help determine whether they should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.