David Fallon is a BIPOC artist with a disability, living in the Twin Cities. A photographer and painter, David captures the day-to-day experiences that come…
Written by Colin Willemsen, Upstream Care for Place Fellow
I am Colin Willemsen, an 18-year-old landscape and nature photographer located in Duluth, Minnesota. My mission revolves…
Written by Louise Ba, Upstream Care for Place Fellow
My name is Louise Ba and I am currently a senior at St. Catherine University in Saint…
Rhys Williams could imagine nothing better for his retirement than starting a farm in the beautiful bluffs of the Minnesota driftless region.
“I’m very blessed to…
How a flood mitigation project almost 30 years in the making became an overnight success
Lisa Johnson for Upstream
Snow geese and the moon at the North…
For over a century, the Iron Range of Minnesota has been a center of mining activity—creating jobs and driving economic growth. And the Iron Range…
Join a special video Voices of Upstream for a conversation with Food Building founder Kieran Folliard about how this iconic Minnesotan cares for our natural…
In the Dakota language, “earth lodge” is maka tipi. But it’s also a verb meaning “they live.”
Lisa Johnson
Jim Rock’s great-great grandparents made the thousand-mile trek…
Tom Glines remembers one of the first times he went on a turkey hunt. It was in the fields and woods near Lanesboro in southeastern…
Debi Kohlhardt may not have been born in Minnesota, but this Jordan, MN mom loves where she lives. Debi, who went to college in Moorhead…
When it comes to loving and caring for our natural places, habits learned early carry through life. That’s especially true for Sam Hesla, a 30…
Mary Flood-Maneely loves walking along the Mississippi, around the lakes of the Twin Cities and being outside any time she can. “I find my outdoor…
