Outdoors
Trail guide author recommends five great hikes
Rob Bignell recommends outings, some kid-friendly, some challenging, all interesting.
Local
Ex-Wild player Clayton Stoner charged with illegal killing of grizzly bear
The defenseman faces five counts in British Columbia. He has a court date one day before the season opener.
Outdoors
My Outdoor Life: Orienteering club president has to think on his feet
Orienteering club president likes stretching physical and mental muscles.
Outdoors
Nature Notes: Honeycrisp has claimed status as state's apple
Released by the University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1991, it's been a hit ever since.
Outdoors
Cabin Country: Dwelling's story courses through Bemidji history
Bemidji cottage was the first cabin on Birchmont Beach, on north coast of the big lake.
Outdoors
Do This Now: Geocaching, hunting mushrooms, golfing by moonlight
Geocaching, hunting mushrooms, golfing by moonlight, honing survival skills.
Outdoors
Ruffed grouse fever: A new season opens Saturday
Minnesota ruffed grouse hunting is as good as it gets anywhere said grouse biologist Ted Dick.
Outdoors
Anderson: Here's how we'll pay for replenishing pheasants
State, federal agencies likely will share the cost in acquiring land needed for repopulation.
Outdoors
Chart: Ruffed grouse season information
Details about the upcoming ruffed grouse season.
Local
Oh dear, our odds of hitting a deer are up 9 percent
Fall is the time when the deer and antelope are on the move, and that means the chances of a driver hitting a deer also are greater. In fact, odds that a driver in Minnesota will hit a deer are up 9 percent this year compared to last year.
Outdoors
Dayton's 10 recommendations
Bullet points from Gov. Mark Dayton on restoring pheasants in Minnesota.
Outdoors
Dayton announces plan to restore Minnesota pheasants
Effort to increase populations could cost up to $100M.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Young hunters find lots of action on 20th Youth Waterfowl Day
Youth Waterfowl Day celebrated its 20th anniversary Saturday, with ducks flying amid lingering controversy about its impact.
Outdoors
Anderson: Longtime guide Marv Koep still has it
A get-together with longtime fishing guide Marv Koep establishes clearly that he's not slipping one bit.
Variety
Minn. DNR says fall color will be 'spectacular' this year
"Current weather conditions indicate we're on track for a great fall color year," according to a DNR official.
North Metro
Test run held for Twin Cities canoe- and bike-sharing program
A north-metro stretch of the Mississippi River got a tryout for the first-of-its-kind project.
Variety
Mille Lacs walleye ice fishing still uncertain, DNR says
Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr said surveys of the lake will determine what the agency proposes, whether the now-closed walleye season will reopen in December and what parameters would govern it.
Outdoors
Solitude of the Minnesota cabin life made woman who she is
Family circumstances bring Minnesotan back from Alaska to Elbow Lake – and a return to a happy place.
Outdoors
Anderson: Hunting survives as a safe haven for individualism
Voluntary disconnect from society, often viewed as self-serving, is the perk that outdoorsmen live for.
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