The Cathedral of the Forest: The High-Stakes Quest to Resurrect the American Elm
For over a century, the American landscape has been haunted by the ghost of a giant. The American elm (Ulmus americana), once the majestic, vase-shaped monarch of North American streets and floodplains, has been pushed to the brink of extinction by a…
Beneath the Canopy of Memory: "Meet Me in the Forest" Explores the Duality of Nature at the CAT Museum
At the Cafesjian Art Trust (CAT) Museum in Shoreview, the walls have been physically altered—drilled and prepared—to accommodate a transformation that blurs the lines between the natural world and the internal landscapes of the human psyche. The museum’s…
Beyond the Canopy: How "Meet Me in the Forest" Reimagines Nature as a Mirror of Human Trauma and Triumph
The Cafesjian Art Trust (CAT) Museum in Shoreview has transformed its gallery space into a sprawling, multidimensional woodland. However, visitors entering the museum’s latest exhibition, "Meet Me in the Forest," will find little in the way of…
Where Beauty Meets Brutality: Inside the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum’s “Meet Me in the Forest”
The forest has long served as a literary and psychological archetype—a place of transformation, a site of hidden dangers, and a sanctuary for those who have nowhere else to go. This autumn, the Cafesjian Art Trust (CAT) Museum in Shoreview invites…
The Cathedral of the Forest: A High-Stakes Quest to Save the American Elm
For over a century, the American elm (Ulmus americana) has stood as a ghost in the American landscape. Once the defining architectural feature of town squares, university campuses, and rural floodplains, the species was decimated by the arrival of Dutch…
The Resurrection of a Forest Icon: Inside the Battle to Save the American Elm
In a quiet, 28-acre grove in southern Vermont, a high-stakes experiment in survival is unfolding. Dressed in standard-issue field gear, Gus Goodwin, the Nature Conservancy’s director of science and technology advancement in Vermont, kneels before a young…
From the Grand Line to the Forest Floor: New Rove Beetle Genus Named ‘Luffy’ After Iconic Anime Hero
The boundary between popular culture and rigorous scientific taxonomy has crossed paths once again in a striking discovery. Monkey D. Luffy, the rubber-bodied, crown-seeking protagonist of Eiichiro Oda’s globally acclaimed manga and anime franchise One…
From Grand Line to Forest Floor: How a New Beetle Genus Honors Anime Icon Monkey D. Luffy
Introduction In the vast and imaginative world of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, the rubber-bodied pirate Monkey D. Luffy traverses treacherous seas, battles formidable emperors, and stretches his physical form into increasingly impossible, gravity-defying…
The Cathedral of the Forest: The High-Stakes Quest to Resurrect the American Elm
In a quiet, fenced-off grove in rural Vermont, a team of scientists is performing a deliberate, calculated act of destruction. Dressed in field gear, Gus Goodwin—the director of science and technology advancement for The Nature Conservancy in…
From ‘Ghost Gray’ to Forest Green: Kim Kardashian Acquires a $285,000 Custom 1973 Ford Bronco Restomod for Idaho Retreat
Main Facts of the Acquisition Billionaire entrepreneur and media personality Kim Kardashian has expanded her multi-million-dollar automotive collection with the acquisition of a custom-built 1973 Ford Bronco. Valued at an estimated $285,000, the vintage…
