Showers. High near 54. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
Sunny, with a high near 61.
Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Environment
Local fish report for Friday, July 5
-According to our fishing expert John Muhich at Buck’s Hardware, the walleyes are once again hanging out fairly shallow…
LSProject: Healthy River, Healthy Lake
-The Flute Reed River is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Hovland, Minnesota.
"Bidder 70" tells story of Tim DeChristopher's civil disobedience in the name of saving wilderness
-Beth & George Gage, directors of "Bidder 70," joined Dick Swanson recently to talk about their award-winning documentary. "Bidder 70" tells the story of Tim DeChristopher, a college student who entered a BLM oil and gas lease auction in order to save 22,000 acres of wilderness. Tim was indicted on two felony charges, but became a climate justice leader before serving time in federal prison. Hear what Beth & George have to say about Tim's remarkable act of peaceful protest.
LSProject: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
-When we started the Lake Superior Project at the beginning of 2012, one of the most common subjects to come up besides issues facing the lake was funding for restoration projects.
Wildersmith May 24
Fred Smith-Alas, genuine spring on the Gunflint! The power of Zigwan (spring in Ojibwe) has overcome the frosty spirit of a long winter.
History Speaks: The Boundary Waters
Ada Igoe-Today, more than 200,000 people visit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness each year.
The social behavior of chimps and other primates, and what it tell us about ourselves
-Prof. Michael Wilson, assistant professor of anthropology and of ecology, evolution, and behavior at the U of Minn., joined Buck May 17 to talk about research on chimps and other primates, and what it might tell us about our human ancestors and who we are today. Prof. Wilson's blog, Monkey Business, can be found here. Photo courtesy Michael Wilson.
Wildersmith May 17
Fred Smith-Our second week of month five found that stubborn Old Man of the North slipping some but still unwilling to relinquish full command of his extended reign over the upper Gunflint atmosphere.
LSProject: The Great Waste
-By now you might have heard of a thing called “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” But if you haven’t, it’s basically a large vortex in the center of the Pacific Ocean where scie
Northern Sky: In mid-May, catch Jupiter, Saturn, Corvus
-Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.
