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Dennis Anderson

Columnist | Outdoors

Phone: 612-673-4424

Anderson has been the Star Tribune outdoors columnist since 1993. Before that, for 13 years, he wrote the outdoors column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He and his colleague, outdoors writer Doug Smith, cover hunting, fishing, camping, boating, paddling and other outdoor activities, as well as natural resource conservation.
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Bowfishing for carp on Big Marine Lake

Bowfishing is a fast-growing sport in Minnesota, particularly at night when lake shallows are illuminated and carp hunters take their...

Updated: July 26, 2012, - 08:39 PM

Anderson: Walleye harvest on DNR agenda

State fisheries managers and biologists will meet with their counterparts from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission to discuss Mille Lacs walleye management.

Updated: July 25, 2012, - 09:04 AM

Anderson: Unified front required against invasives

As if taking on invasive species wasn't difficult enough, sportsmen, legislators and DNR officials have not been able to form a unified front.

Updated: July 21, 2012, - 11:55 PM

Anderson: One couple's devotion to preserving the land

A Litchfield husband and wife are among the first to sell a perpetual easement to the state to help clean up a creek.

Updated: July 19, 2012, - 11:19 PM

Anderson: Sunrise on the water, a sight that never tires

We were enveloped in a light show for which there was no cover charge, bedazzled not just by the new day but by the chance again to catch fish. Maybe we were just that lucky.

Updated: July 17, 2012, - 10:07 PM

Interview with Al Lindner

Star Tribune columnist Dennis Anderson interviews Al Lindner at the Capitol rally on hunting fees Monday.

Updated: July 16, 2012, - 08:22 PM

Anderson: Action urged on House Farm Bill

Conservation provisions with the Senate measure are resolvable, observers say.

Updated: July 14, 2012, - 10:20 PM

Anderson: State should care more about its own ducks

Minnesotans have been duped by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's "liberal" management scheme.

Updated: July 12, 2012, - 10:24 PM

U.S. shooters gunning for gold

Four shooters hoping -- no, planning -- to win Olympic medals used a Twin Cities range to train this week.

Updated: July 11, 2012, - 06:53 AM

High water not aiding fishing on area rivers

Peak river fishing times might be some days or perhaps weeks distant, for the St. Croix, Mississippi, Rum, Zumbro, Knife and other rivers. The problem: high water.

Updated: July 10, 2012, - 08:11 PM