Duluth
The bright side to all the cold weather lately: An early start to ski season
In northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, resorts and ski areas say chilly temperatures mean prime snow-making.
Outdoors
Need your outdoors fix indoors? Try these board games
From national parks to foraging, these games are a twist on table game play.
Duluth
Anderson: Impact of law change plays out for disabled hunter on opener
Pierce Pennaz, who has Down syndrome, bagged a buck on a shared hunt with his father.
Outdoors
Trail trash collector picked up for a year – and relished it
Minnesotan says her role as a Grounds Keeper, an outdoors stewardship program, was simple but had a profound personal effect.
Outdoors
2019 Minnesota deer opener: These hunters didn't miss
Plenty of success was to be had on opening weekend of Minnesota's deer season. Here are some memorable stories.
Outdoors
The time is optimal for studying deer actions in late fall
Nature Notes: Frequent program at Lowry Nature Center through the years.
Outdoors
Seeing potential in the cabin near Itasca, feeling a tug to return
Cabin Country: Family went for it when the old place became available.
Outdoors
Weekend parks and refuge hikes focus on swans, sunsets
Happenings this weekend at state parks, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
East Metro
State finds 56% of Minnesota's lakes and streams are 'impaired'
A popular stretch of the St. Croix River was found to be contaminated with phosphorus.
Outdoors
Anderson: Drawn to hunting years after his father's death afield
Deer hunting lures Andover's Brandon Van Tassel, whose father died pursuing the sport
Outdoors
Opening weekend deer harvest down slightly from a year ago
Nearly 97,000 deer harvested through Tuesday; reaching 2018 total unlikely.
Outdoors
What makes winter 'Winter': New book covers the dark and sparkle
Review: 'Winterlust' is an homage to all that the season brings.
East Metro
Animal welfare activists suspected of vandalizing western Wisconsin deer stands
Animal Liberation Front logo on one of the stands.
Outdoors
Outdoors
When only a doe will do, the bucks crowd the territory
Bucks came and went, but they weren't the goal this opening morning.
Local
Larvae of zebra mussels found in Lake of the Woods, Minnesota DNR says
The Minnesota DNR added the Minnesota portion of the lake to the state's zebra mussel infested waters list.
Local
Minnesota DNR secures dumpsters for deer carcasses
The agency had been scrambling to install the dumpsters after its expected supplier dropped out.
Outdoors
Jonathan Ringdahl: Canoe and kayak instructor, adventurer
What outdoors people are reading, following, listening to, and more.
Outdoors
Anderson: Taking aim at the real prize of the deer hunt
In a world that seems intent on dulling our senses, sitting in the woods or along a field edge offers a rare opportunity for surprise.
Outdoors
Look at that – ice sheets are forming on Minnesota lakes and ponds
Nature Notes: Get educated on the science of freeze-up.
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