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Our lakes under threat from development

Big Marine Lake

The Star Tribune recently ran an in-depth, three-part series on the fate of Minnesota’s lakes (scroll down for links). More >>

Edina Realty Highlights Walkability

There is perhaps no better indicator of the “mainstreaming” of smart growth than Edina Realty’s inclusion of Walk Score More >>

Location, Location, Location

Two of the country’s leading transportation researchers, Reid Ewing and Robert Cervero, have published a painstaking meta-analysis More >>

VFL Essay 47: “Swimming with a Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle” by Freya Manfred

Swimming with a Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle

I spy his head above the waves,
big as a man’s fist, black eyes peering at me,
until he dives into darker, deeper water.
Yesterday I saw him a More >>

VFL Essay 46: "How Things Change" by Bill Berg

I remember so well my first fishing trip in a boat. Dad and his brother Harry and I were fishing on Lake Minnetonka. More >>