Environment, Sustainability & Geography

Person in a red jacket walking through a pine forest.

Sparking a larger story

For the first time in more than 180 years, fire — Ishkode in Ojibwe — will return to Minnesota Point.

Two people wearing protective gear on a boat in a lake with smoke rising, surrounded by a forest backdrop.

Freezing history

UMD researchers are reconstructing climate records from layers of sediment at the bottom of Minnesota and Wisconsin lakes.

A student wearing a UMD t-shirt lifts a shovelful of compost into the air.

Fields of study

UMD students put boots on the ground to better understand the natural environment.

Seedling in the foreground and a few tree-planting volunteers and forest in the background.

Starting small

UMD graduate helps elementary school students plant 1,000 trees