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Wolf expert discusses recent escape and shooting of wolf at MN Zoo
-Lori Schmidt, wolf curator at the International Wolf Center in Ely, offered her perspective on June 10 about the recent incident at the Minnesota Zoo in whi
Points North: On a whim and a cast
-You can only go so far on a couple of chocolate chip cookies. Tossing two cookies in your pocket, skipping breakfast and then hiking and fishing along a remote north country trout stream until 4 p.m.
Biologist Mike Schrage on all things moose, on The Roadhouse
-Buck spoke June 3 with Mike Schrage, wildlife biologist for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, about what he's learned about moose through years of research and study. Mike was the featured speaker at the North House Folk School Boreal Birding and Northern Landscapes Festival June 4.
Mike Crook of USFS shares adventure working on prescribed fire in Ethiopia
-Mike Crook, prescribed fire specialist with the USFS in Grand Marais, stopped by Studio A May 27 to talk with Buck and Bob about his recent working trip to Ethiopia, where he helped teach effective prescribed fire practices to the local residents.
It’s Spring along the North Shore
-We are in the full flush of spring. Baby animals, insects on the move, plants blooming -- and the big green-up is upon us.
Points North: Should One Invasion Lead to Another?
-Years ago, when 20,000 latter day hippies known as the Rainbow Family traveled to the North Shore for their annual Independence Day campout, I was the editor of the Grand Marais newspaper and learned
Wildersmith May 27
-April snow and rain showers that the northland experienced a few weeks ago are beginning to bear results. The upper Gunflint is alive and well with blooming of all kinds.
Digging beneath the surface on earthworms
-We use them for fishing and we use them for composting, but that doesn’t mean earthworms are all that nice to have around.
Another look at Lake Superior turnover
-A good share of the health of Lake Superior is dependent upon water at 39 degrees.
UMD renovates old apple orchard in Duluth
-Duluth is vying to win a community apple orchard, and they need the public’s help to get it. Randel Hanson is with UMD’s Department of Geographical Sciences.
