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The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies.

A barred owl on a tree branch in daylight.
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Anderson: Minnesota forest management dispute hinges on age of aspen when it’s cut

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Hunting success improved over the heart of Minnesota’s deer season

DNR encouraged with results from nine-day firearms season that kept harvest on an upward trend.
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How can Minnesotans watch the Leonids meteor shower?

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Anderson: Timber industry official says Minnesota DNR controlled logging on wildlife areas

Loggers didn’t get everything they wanted in 2018 pact. “But we’re not complaining.”
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A junco perches on a large branch.

New St. Paul climbing gym, with steep indoor bouldering terrain, opening Saturday

The gym will be at least the second of its kind to open this year in the Twin Cities.
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Minnesota deer hunters connected early and often to push the harvest on opening weekend

Minnesota hunters tagged up to 65,000 whitetails on opening weekend, squarely ahead of the five-year average.
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At Split Rock Lighthouse, passed by the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago, a beacon of light to honor the dead

About 2,000 attend memorial ceremony to mark the anniversary of the tragedy at sea.
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