Outdoors
A weekend at Cuyuna park: It yurts so good
New housing option at the state park proves to be perfect base for a family of four.
Outdoors
Hunt of a different sort when it involves mushrooms
Many go mushrooming in spring, but late summer and fall are rewarding, too.
Politics
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R.D. Offutt's pines-to-potatoes plan is scaled back in compromise with Minnesota DNR
Deal is designed to protect groundwater and forests.
Outdoors
A dad embraces return fishing trip to Canada — this time with his own son
First Person: Reader has vivid memories of his travels as a boy with his dad to fish in Ontario.
Outdoors
Dayton says they'll be a walleye season this winter on Mille Lacs
Previously, the DNR said it would wait until an annual fall walleye survey was complete on Mille Lacs before determing whether winter walleye fishing could begin Dec. 1.
Outdoors
Ideas for how to add to your mushroom IQ
There are myriad ways to tap into mushroom expertise in Minnesota.
Outdoors
Nature Notes: Getting inside the Minnesota butternut
Native to Minnesota, the tree is important member of the natural forest community.
Outdoors
Do This Now: Songbirds hike, bike races and more
Learn about birds living along the Mississippi River at Eastman Nature Center event.
Outdoors
Minnesota Rovers plan fall introduction to outdoors club
Outdoors adventure club has fall introduction next week to its many activities.
Outdoors
How I got this photo of an orb-weaving spider's web
Orb-weaving can accumulate quickly in an undisturbed field.
Outdoors
Outdoors
State Wide Lake Sturgeon Fishing~Nice Job MN DNR!
This last June most waters in Minnesota were opened for the first time to catch and release Lake Sturgeon fishing. Good fishing for the States largest fish might be closer then you think!
Local
Nice Ride's Bemidji program tests outstate bike sharing
Some say the rentals have boosted the broader bike culture. But Nice Ride also has learned a few hard lessons.
Local
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Gallery: Wondrous first days in the BWCAW
A first-time trip to the Boundary Waters lends some perspective about the world around us.
Outdoors
Missing in action: Minnesota's small game hunters
License sales were their worst in almost 40 years.
Outdoors
Pheasant population up amid concerns over dwindling habitat
DNR officials expect the boost to increase the amount of hunters, which was at a record low last season.
Outdoors
DNR: Minnesota pheasant index up 33 percent over last year
However, the 2015 pheasant index is 39 percent below the 10-year average and 59 percent below the long-term average. Loss of habitat remains a concern.
Outdoors
Mourning dove season opens with heat, humidity — and lots of birds
Mourning dove season began before summer abated, but the heat didn't stop the fun
West Metro
Boating on Lake Minnetonka? Clean up after yourself, groups urge
The "Zero Waste" campaign urges boaters to leave behind zero trash.
Outdoors
Boundary Waters and back: Lasting impressions from border country
Again and again, Mother Nature kept things in perspective for a bunch of first-timers in a new land.
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