July - August 2001

Too Much of a Good Element (July-August 2001)
This Issue. By Kathleen Weflen

Dead Zone Puzzle (July-August 2001)
Can Midwest farmland prosper without wiping out Gulf Coast fisheries? By Brian DeVore

Audubon's Words on Birds (July-August 2001)
Early America's preeminent painter of birds also had a way with words. By Thomas O'Sullivan

What's Eating You? (July-August 2001)
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Young Naturalists explore biting flies and their bloodthirsty habits. By Larry Weber

Minnesota Wildflowers Revisited (July-August 2001)
A sampler from the revised edition of Northland Wildflowers captures summer glories. See an excerpt at the book site at the University of Minnesota Press. By John B. and Evelyn W. Moyle. Photography by John Gregor

Call Me Island (July-August 2001)
A man recalls his island in a sea of grass. A Sense of Place. By Bill Holm

Western Prairie Fringed-Orchid (Platanthera praeclara) (July-August 2001)
Minnesota Profile. By Nancy Sather