Outdoors
Orienteering, birding knowledge, fly-tying, spring walks and more at Minnesota parks
Programs at Minnesota state and regional parks.
Outdoors
Make room on your bucket list: New book names 'Fifty Places' to lace 'em up
'Fifty Places to Run Before You Die' will appeal to veterans and newbies.
Outdoors
Cabin near Alborn is so much more than a physical structure
After surviving the devastating Cloquet Fire of 1918, grandparents decided they wanted to live in the country. A cabin life was born.
Outdoors
Four-walleye limit continues on Upper Red Lake
DNR says Upper Red Lake's surplus of spawning walleyes is reason to continue an aggressive four-fish bag limit even after a record winter harvest
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Wisconsin walleye have hit a wall, study finds
Study of 473 lakes finds alarming trend of decline in fish productivity over past few decades
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Opening soon: Wild turkeys, catch-and-keep stream trout and high school trap
In another sign of spring, turkey hunting will start in two phases.
Local
Ideas for getting out and embracing a Minnesota spring in the outdoors
From fly fishing lessons to bird festivals to chipping in to clear hiking trails (while getting your backpacking fix), we've got you covered.
Outdoors
Anderson: My stance on farm tiling issue generated strong response
Column decrying effects of farm practice yielded strong, diverse response.
Outdoors
Currents: Cory Netland, wildlife specialist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
What outdoors people are reading, writing, listening to, following, doing.
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Blasting Minnesota DNR, judge stands by her White Bear Lake ruling
Minnesota DNR request to stay an order restricting heavy water use is roundly rejected.
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40 years of watching Voyageurs' eagles is helping protect them
Study shows actively protecting individual nests has helped population as a whole.
Outdoors
Arden Hills man and trail devotee draws richly detailed map of Superior Hiking Trail
The creation finished at 13 feet long, and was reduced to a map in two parts of 26-by-40 inches.
Local
State public lands that are often-overlooked pockets of wild for adventure
Whether you hunt, birdwatch, hike or fish, there are Wildlife Management Areas in Minnesota to check out. Here are seven.
Outdoors
High in the sky is the limit for early spring snow geese
Hunters may take as many snow geese as they can shoot, but wary birds keep harvest to a minimum.
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Birds mark territory and seek mates with their spring songs
Nature Notes: The singing of birds increases manyfold in March.
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Cabin was part of country club's beginnings on the Iron Range
The Eshquaguma Country Club created an 18-hole golf course and a series of cabin lots on local Lake Eshquaguma.
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Anderson: 10 years on, state's habitat grants program quietly makes progress.
Habitat program came in with 2008 amendment.
Outdoors
Minn. Fishing Hall of Fame enshrines 3
Rainy Lake fishing guide Bill Dougherty, lure maker Mark Fisher and outdoor media specialist Mark Strand were inducted this month into the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame along with two private companies.
Outdoors
Anderson: Unregulated farm tiling puts state's waters at risk
Minnesota might win a Super Bowl next year or the next. Other good things surely will occur as well. But unless this problem is fixed, the state's natural resources are doomed.
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