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Always In Season: Buntings Adorn The Winter Landscape
The scarcity of pine siskins reminds us that the appearance of many northern birds is unpredictable here. Some years, yes; some years, no or nearly so. This is true of the siskins, as discussed last...
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Dokken: Seeing ‘Green’ On New Year’s Day, Fishing Trip To Lake Winnipeg Lives...
ON LAKE WINNIPEG, Man. — We’d stopped to scan the horizon and consider our options for setting up to fish when the snowmobile I was driving flooded and wouldn’t start again. Rather than fight with the...
View Article‘Light And Fast’: Lonnie Dupre Hopes An Alpine-Style Ascent Will Get Him To...
TALKEETNA, Alaska — Another year, another mountain. Grand Marais, Minn., adventurer Lonnie Dupre was holed up at the Talkeetna Roadhouse in Talkeetna, Alaska, on Tuesday making final preparations for...
View ArticleRisk Of CWD Reaching Northern Minnesota Woods Is Low
BEMIDJI, Minn. — While the southeastern part of the state remains on high alert for chronic wasting disease in wildlife, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources doesn’t see a high risk for it in...
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For Some Anglers, The Winter Trout Opener Along MN’s Gunlint Trail Is Tradition
Against a backdrop of high cliffs on the shore of Clearwater Lake northwest of Grand Marais, several ice anglers fish for lake trout on Jan. 14, opening day of the winter trout season. Most anglers...
View ArticlePheasant Fest Returns To Minneapolis
It’s a celebration of pollinators, pups, pheasants and wild game. Conservation groups Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever will roll out their latest convocation of upland game hunters — called the...
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Paying To Play Outdoors
DULUTH, Minn. — Bill Lounsberry of Duluth was just settling in for an afternoon of crappie fishing on Fish Lake north of Duluth on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 8. Lounsberry, a retired letter carrier,...
View ArticleAsian Lady Beetles Are Pesky But Harmless
On a recent October three-day weekend at my Kittson County hunting camp, I was overwhelmed by my good fortune. The grouse hunting was very good, work was getting accomplished, and the weather was the...
View ArticleOutdoors Calender
• Nov. 4-19 — Minnesota firearms deer season in Series 100 units. • Nov. 18-26 — Wisconsin gun deer season. • Nov. 25-Dec. 10 — Minnesota muzzleloader deer season. • Nov. 27-Dec. 6 — Wisconsin...
View ArticleFrom Scat To Identifying Songbirds, Minnesota Call Center Answers Questions...
BRAINERD, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources boosted its call center hours for curious Minnesotans spending time in the outdoors. The agency timed the expansion announcement just...
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