News Topic: Environmental Education

News Topic(s): What's New  News!  John Helland  Environmental Education  

09/03/2010 - John Helland worked on environment and natural resource issues for the legislature, and now writes, blogs and enjoys leisure while watching from afar. He is now a proud grandfather, too.

I should have furnished this post two months ago, when a great exhibit at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum opened on famed artist Francis Lee Jacques.  I only had the chance to see it recently and, unfortunately for those that may want to visit, it closes at 5 p.m. this Sunday on campus.

News Topic(s): What's New  State Parks  Environmental Education  

09/01/2010 - A small Minnesota school has again proven powerful on a national scale by finishing third in a national environmental science competition.

A perennial state-level competitor in the Canon Envirothon, Rushford-Peterson High School placed first in Minnesota and third in the 2010 national competition, in which more than 500,000 students from North America participated.  The high school has approximately 600 students, and 10 formed the initial team.

News Topic(s): What's New  Health  Events  Environmental Education  

08/27/2010 -

Are chemical contaminants in the foods we eat, in the products we put into and on our bodies and in our lakes and rivers causing birth defects in humans?

Louis J. Guillette Jr., an internationally recognized reproductive biologist who has spent 25 years studying sexually stunted alligators and other wildlife from polluted waters in Florida and around the world, says a growing body of research shows those chemicals – including trace amounts often found in lakes and rivers -- do cause birth defects, both in animals and humans.

On Sept. 14, Guillette, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical University of South Carolina, will deliver the third in a series of lectures sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences.??Guillette’s lecture, aimed at a general audience, is titled: Contaminants, Water and Health: New Lessons from Wildlife.

News Topic(s): What's New  News!  Kristin  Environmental Education  

08/18/2010 - Our family recently ventured on a Laura Ingalls Wilder trip that took us from Hallock to De Smet, South Dakota and then across the southern part of Minnesota over to Pepin, Wisconsin. My youngest son, age 9, had read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books this past winter and was anxious to see some of the places written about in her books. Our week focused on history and natural resources. I have to admit that we were afraid that the trip might be a little too uneventful, but I’m happy to report that we all enjoyed ourselves and learned quite a bit in the process. Here are some of the sites we saw or places we visited that I’d recommend checking out.

News Topic(s): Wildlife  What's New  Environmental Education  

06/16/2010 - This morning's news includes Minnesota reactions to President Obama's speech on energy, discovery of a duck-killing snail in the Crow Wing River, and a nature diorama exhibit at the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota.
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