Southeast Minnesota's lumber and woodworking industry is a scene of continual change. There have been changes in the number of sawmills in the area, changes in the number and type of workers, and ...

Trailing Arbutus gets half of its English name from the Latin name of a related group of shrubs that are called Madrones in ...

It's sap-tapping season in our state. In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how an Otter Tail County man ...

Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as ...

Last January, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources launched a new enrollment program for private woodland owners to participate in the forest inventory program, aimed at ...

For the past week, a small community in Carver County, Minnesota, has been invaded by bald eagles. "I've never seen that many eagles in one place, myself," said John Schauer. Like most small towns ...

A coalition of conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service on March 27, alleging the violation of three federal laws. The lawsuit alleges that one of the justifications for increased timber ...

The theme of World Forestry Day 2025 is "Forests and Food," highlighting the critical role of forests in food systems. The aim is to highlight the importance of forests in food security ...

Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a less common category of plants that’s also worth knowing: native ...

Forest ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of wooded areas, including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest. It includes the community ecology of the ...