Recent News Coverage
Regional, National and International media coverage of NRRI research.
- – Talking deer collisions with U of M – Grand Rapids Herald Review
- – Risk of hitting a deer increases in Minnesota with time change Sunday – WJON radio - St. Cloud
- – Featured Taconite tailings show promise as high friction surface treatment – Mesabi Tribune
- – How biochar — the ‘Swiss Army knife of climate tools’ — is growing in Minnesota – MPR
- – Zone of sympatry – UMD News
- – Weekend water advisory on Park Point result of routine testing – Northern News Now
- – Study: fishers migrating, adapting to southeast – Outdoor News Minnesota
- – Testing friction of road material made with taconite tailings with technology called SCRIM – WDIO
- – What happened to all the leeches in Leech Lake? – Star Tribune
- – Minneapolis is on the leading edge of biochar, a carbon sequestering material full of promise and still under research – Star Tribune
- – Minnesota drivers hit thousands of deer a year. Here's where it happens most. – Star Tribune
- – The State of Water: A Core Conversation (33:15) – PBS North Almanac North
- – UMD researchers tackle how to remove invasive species inside boats – Duluth News Tribune
- – Interview Annie Bracey - Bird Biologist – KTWH Radio
- – Detailed accounts of 250 birds in Minnesota – Hometown Focus
- – How our extreme weather is impacting fish and wildlife in our region – WDIO
- – It’s a matter of degrees: How warmer lake waters impact recreation and our health – WDIO
- – Talking Minnesota’s migratory birds with U of M – University of Minnesota News
- – NRRI taking a hand in steel decarbonization research – Mesabe Tribune
- – Identifying Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Minnesota – Center for Transportation Studies
- – NRRI’s Lucinda Johnson receives SFS Career Award – Duluth News Tribune
- – Can steelmaking be made climate friendly? – Pioneer Press
- – NRRI scientist named ASLO Sustaining Fellow – Duluth News Tribune
- – NRRI gets $1.5M to study replacing fossil fuels in steelmaking – Duluth News Tribune
- – The big iron strike that wasn’t – Timberjay
- – Historic warm, low-snow winter boon to many wildlife, bust for others – Duluth News Tribune
- – 'It's like Christmas morning for a geologist' – Mesabe Tribune
- – Canadian company eyes Minn. titanium, copper-nickel projects – Duluth News Tribune
- – Meet the NRRI Coleraine researcher, Sunil Tripathy – Hometown Focus
- – Birds and climate: it’s a complex relationship – Hometown Focus
- – How plants could make steel more sustainable – World Bio Market Insights
- – Canada Lynx research in northeastern Minnesota continues, plans to expand – WTIP
- – Warm winter weather impacting plants and animals in the Northland – WDIO
- – NRRI Works To Develop “Green Steel” Making Process – KDAL
- – NRRI receives grant to replace fossil fuel in some steelmaking – Business North
- – Whatever happened to … birch bark extracts? – Hometown Focus
- – The Natural Resources Research Institute: Uniquely driven to balance nature with need – The Reader
- – Why Does Salting Roads Make Them Safer? – Scientific American
- – Fisher research at NRRI – WDIO
- – Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention – Yale Climate Connections
- – Low-emissions steelmaking could be big business for Minnesota’s Iron Range, experts say – Energy News Network
- – Climate disruption: what are we in for? – Agate Magazine
- – Water quality issues challenge what it means to 'leave no trace' in beloved Boundary Waters – Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
- – First Women Innovators Conference Hosted At UMD And U Of M At Same Time – Fox21 News
- – Green Visions: St. Louis River Estuary Algal Blooms – WDSE The North Radio
- – Minnesota DNR: Don't veer during peak deer, moose season – WCCO News
- – Minnesota researchers explore how road design can reduce deer collisions – KSTP-TV
- – Talking deer collisions with U of M – University of Minnesota News
- – Iron and Minerals of the Future Initiative – Mesabi Tribune
- – MNAtlas.org wins University of MN Innovation Impact Award – Duluth News Tribune
- – Northland researchers look to biochar as possible climate solution – Duluth News Tribune
- – What Was That? - Rocky Lied to Me! – The Wandering Naturalist
- – Study: Wildfire led to poorer water quality in northern Minnesota lakes – MPR News
- – New study reveals Greenwood fire’s impact on nearby lakes – Northern News Now
- – How does a forest wildfire affect water quality? – Quetico Superior Wilderness News
- – Researchers study water quality impacts following 2021 Greenwood Fire – WTIP
- – Beyond Scrubbing: Reducing Sulfate Stress from Wastewater at Minnesota Power’s Last Coal-burning Power Plant – MnDRIVE Environment
- – Using evidence from last Ice Age, scientists predict effects of rising seas on coastal habitats – Science Daily
- – These Housing Industry Partnerships Pave A Path To Innovation – Forbes
- – LET IT GROW: Northland research lab creates new way to fight climate change – Northern News Now
- – Wildfires contribute to nutrient-rich, murky water in lakes – Phys Org
- – Wildfires contribute to nutrient-rich, murky water in lakes – University of Minnesota Research Brief
- – NRRI’s popular Poplar InnovaTree is helping the environment – WDIO
- – A new species of tree helps remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. You can only get it from a Bayfield farm – Wisconsin Public Radio
- – UMD’s fast-growing Innovatree poses solution for reforestation, environmental cleanup – KSTP-TV
- – A new fast-growing tree species out of Minnesota may be part of a climate change solution – MPR News
- – A steel industry game-changer – Business North
- – After 30 years, researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth have created a new tree – Star Tribune
- – UMD research institute 'housing a house' for Two Harbors company – Duluth News Tribune
- – ‘Rock snot’ continues to threaten biodiversity in many North Shore rivers and streams – WTIP
- – Study looks into biochar for battery recycling – Waste & Recycling Magazine
- – University of Minnesota trademarks fastest-growing poplar tree – Duluth News Tribune
- – Wetlands were everywhere on the Great Lakes, how one project is helping save them – Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
- – Louisiana-Pacific, NRRI create a new way to partner – Business North
- – Researchers in Duluth turn streams purple to help measure effectiveness of restoration – MPR News
- – Researchers studying restoration at Mission Creek using new dye technique – WDIO
- – New robotic tool reduces repetitive analyses – Hometown Focus
- – Birds, bugs and climate change – MPR News
- – MagIron moves toward starting scram mining operations – Mesabi Tribune
- – NRRI, Louisiana Pacific create onsite showroom/innovation center – Business North
- – Innovation Center Provides New Opportunities For LP Building Solutions – Fox 21 Local News
- – LP Building Solutions Announces Grand Opening of LP Innovation Center – PR Newswire
- – LP Innovation Center inside UMD’s NRRI will focus on the future of building materials – WDIO
- – Ongoing research hopes to build a water quality monitoring strategy for the future of the St. Louis River – WDIO
- – St. Louis River water quality project launched by NRRI, others – Hometown Focus
- – Multi-Year Initiative Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Aims to Support a More Resilient and Sustainable Domestic Supply Chain by Investing in Next Generation Metal Recycling Technologies – Waste Advantage Magazine