By Forrest Adams

Last summer zebra mussels were discovered in Prior Lake and this summer in Lake Minnetonka, sandwiching the communities of Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Victoria, Chaska and Shakopee.

By Forrest Adams

The new director of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum gave up Southern California for this.

By Forrest Adams

Pulling buckthorn, cleaning beaches, taking out an old barbed wire fence- It wasn’t glamorous work, but somebody had to do it.

Studies examine bee populations on the decline

By Michelle Stevens

Bee populations in the United States appear to be dwindling, and the agricultural community is left with the question that is all the buzz: Where are all the bees? Could it be the pesticides?

Fishery survey to guide future stocking plans

By Forrest Adams

The fishing on Lotus Lake is “lousy this summer.”

Invasive plants threatening rare wetland
By Forrest Adams

Cool water seeps into the ground. Small pools dot the green peatland along Chanhassen’s southern border. A creek meanders through the vegetation. Camouflaged, a young deer pauses for better hiding. Detected, it springs for cover.