First phase of 30,000-acre effort returned an area the size of Portland, Maine, to Indigenous stewardship for the first time in two centuries

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Runner Travis Meier of Minneapolis took an unorthodox — and prohibited — route in his Twin Cities Marathon-based statement about the Boundary Waters.

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We've known for many years that two locks and dams in Minneapolis and St. Paul might be worth removing. Now, a new FMR study will find out what's possible for the future of the river gorge.

"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...

Amid record-setting gas prices, skip the road trip and bask in vibrant fall foliage from these aquatic vantage points.

If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.

Some Cornell thoughts while parenting

Four former Penn State University fraternity brothers have been sentenced in connection with the 2017 death of a pledge during a booze-soaked hazing ritual.

The Israeli military has built new outposts and slowly encroached beyond the withdrawal line in Gaza. These are signs its troops may be preparing to stay for the time being.

Universities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor…

Dams, what’s their story? Are they scenic sites? Harmful structures? This week, Professor Heather Randell and Jonathan go on a journey through dam history, ecology, and sociology. Listen …

American beaver populations are booming in the western United States as conditions grow hotter and drier. New research shows their prolific dam building benefits river water quality so much, it outwei...