Environment

Frogs face the freeze in different ways

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist . She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now.

Points North: Deer hunting Is More About Living Than Killing

My father had a wry observation about deer hunting.

Waves crash over the breakwall by Stephan Hogland

October storm: the pluses and minuses

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Late migrating birds are in the fall skies

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Points North: On the Plains, Human Encounters Are Few, But Memorable

On the western plains, most everything seems temporary or transient. All that has permanence is the grass. Plow it up and even the dirt blows away.

Wildlife buttons up for winter

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Points North: As Goes The Grouse Hunter, So Goes The Hunting

On a sunny Sunday afternoon in October, you don't expect to be alone when you go for a drive along North Shore

Points North: Important Moose Questions Remain Unanswered

If Minnesota moose are declining due to a warming climate, why are they still sighted with some regularity at the very southern edge of their range in the state, in places like southern Itasca,