Great Lakes tribes' knowledge of nature could be key to climate change. Will people listen?
Native tribes like the Ojibwe hold traditional ecological knowledge that is essential in protecting the land, air and water.
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Native tribes like the Ojibwe hold traditional ecological knowledge that is essential in protecting the land, air and water.
Neonicotinoids, the world’s most popular class of insecticides, have been making headlines for the last decade due to concerns that they negatively impact bees. Now, a new debate has emerged in the fight over their use, pitting university entomologists against agricultural economists, the EPA against the USDA, and pesticide manufacturers against environmental activists. Farmers, as usual, are caught in the middle, trying to figure out how the conflicting narratives will impact them.
Officials are considering a partnership with Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to use controlled burns to manage the landscape on Wisconsin Point.
The Indigenous practice of using fire to manage land is being revived in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.
Officials are considering a partnership with Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to use controlled burns to manage the landscape on Wisconsin Point.