Outdoors
Cabin Country: This place on Lake Traverse stands alone
Nothing major ever changes at western Minnesota cabin, and that's good.
Outdoors
Cabin Country: Lake Vermilion boathouse memories
Some of the writer's best childhood times were spent at a special place.
Outdoors
Dispatch: Free admission to Minnesota state parks on Black Friday
An opportunity to hit the outdoors instead of – or in addition to – the retail shops.
Local
At 100, National Park Service seeks younger, more diverse crowd
Near centennial, agency works to engage youth more attuned to technology, not nature.
Outdoors
Deer hunting: Three families tell stories of success
Here are three deer hunting stories, two told by proud fathers, and one by a teenager who got her first deer.
North Metro
Coon Rapids Dam park gets makeover, and calls for a new name
Brooklyn Park says a clearer, less off-putting name would draw more to the river.
Outdoors
Colin Sackett's deer stand that wouldn't move
The lock that secured the stand was broken, so his perch wasn't moving. Sackett arrowed his buck anyway.
Outdoors
Calista Flett's first deer hunt
In her first deer hunt, Flett waited a half-hour for a buck to emerge from a cornfield, then took aim ...
Outdoors
State deer hunting improving from disappointing past years
With more shooting opportunities still to go, mild weather and a larger deer herd have contributed to a 13 percent overall increase in Minnesota's whitetail harvest.
Outdoors
Wisconsin expects larger deer firearms harvest despite ailing population
Wisconsin, battling issues within the deer herd, still expects 'a really nice year'
Outdoors
Anderson: Popular Ducks Unlimited columnist runs afoul of his bosses
Don Thomas dared to criticize a wealthy donor, and was fired.
Outdoors
Meet new outdoors reporter Tony Kennedy
Tony Kennedy this week begins a new assignment as the newspaper's outdoors reporter, working alongside columnist Dennis Anderson.
Local
Gallery: Armistice Day blizzard, Nov.11, 1940
The Armistice Day Storm was one of the worst ever to strike the Upper Midwest.
West Metro
DNR checking alleged 'herding' of deer back to Dr. Palmer's land
Pickup truck drivers are accused of "herding" deer back onto the Minnesota land owned by the hunter who killed Cecil the lion. Dr. Walter Palmer said he's being attacked by longtime adversaries.
Outdoors
Minnesota opener at deer camp: 'A really special place'
Hunters across Minnesota have real affection for their deer camps. Here is one family's story, one that stretches over almost 50 years.
Local
Gallery: Deer camp; "A really special place"
No electricity. No plumbing. No matter. The Sloneker family "cabin" has hosted Minnesota firearms deer openers for more than 30 years, and did so again Nov. 7. Patriarch Leon Sloneker, 93, was there to get his buck.
Outdoors
Anderson: New Brighton woman made deer opener a success despite injury
Jane Heinks didn't let an injured arm stop her from bagging a buck.
Outdoors
My Outdoor Life: She got six men and 40 dogs across Antarctica
25 years on, the logistics of Will Steger's expedition are a plentiful topic for Cathy de Moll, who helped direct it.
Outdoors
Possible world-record muskie caught on Mille Lacs
Robert Hawkins hooked a 57-inch muskie estimated to weigh more than 50 pounds.
Outdoors
Nature Notes: Appreciating the powers of the flying squirrel
Flying variety are more like a gliding variety when they get going.
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