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River Falls commissions recommend keeping Kinnickinnic River dams for now
Years of debate over the future of the dams results in recommendation for future removal, comes down to city council vote on Feb. 27.
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Scrapbook opens window on lost history of building a power line over the upper St. Croix River
New York woman donates grandfather’s photo album to local historical society, illuminating a major construction project in 1930.
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Archaeology: Interstate Park’s ancient copper tool and extinct bison bones posed a millennia-old mystery
Park workers dug up objects in the 1930s that raised questions about when people first lived in what’s now Wisconsin.
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50th Anniversary: Debating the first Wild and Scenic St. Croix legislation in the U.S. Senate
Read what the sponsors said when they tried to pass a St. Croix River bill the first time.
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Sign up now to spend six days paddling down the Namekagon this summer
Travel 92-miles down the beautiful river, exploring one of the nation’s first Wild and Scenic national parks.
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From big trees to big fish: Top St. Croix stories of 2017 spanned many subjects
See the 10 articles that got the most interest this year, and we hope you’ll come back for more in 2018!
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Research Revelations: The St. Croix River’s wild waters have experienced two big periods of change separated by a century
Here’s what we know about how the river has changed since 1850.
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River Bum Log: St. Croix freezing over as winter comes to the watershed
With the ice increasing, liquid and frozen water combine to create unique images.
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50th Anniversary: December dates mark milestones in St. Croix River conservation
Permanently protecting the St. Croix River took big leaps forward in the last month of 1964.
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River Bum Log: Burning on the bluffs under blue skies
From the ashes, native prairie grass and its endangered inhabitants will regrow on lands along the St. Croix.
