John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

$3 Million Dollars Over the Next 3 Years To Build Regional Skills, Resources and Capacity

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports! Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather, and other wonders.

Writer Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in his new thrilling novel "How to Sell a Haunted House."

The nonprofit organization Itasca Waters is presenting Practical Water Wisdom, a monthly speaker series that seeks to offer scientific insight and practical advice for protecting the waters in northern Minnesota. February’s speaker was Jim Paruk, one of the world’s leading experts on the Common Loon. He has studied breeding and wintering loons across North America for the past 30 years. He recently published a new book on loons that summarizes the state of knowledge about these iconic birds (Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with The Great Northern Diver). This week, Jim joined the Tuesday Morning show to discuss loons, eagles, and even Northern Shrikes!For more information and to register for Practical Water Wisdom, visit ItascaWaters.org.This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

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John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports! Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather, and other wonders.

Each week Timberjay publisher Marshall Helmberger reports on the news of NE MN

Ecologist John Pastor joins John and Heidi to talk about his new book: White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree. John is a professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.