Minneapolis
Cross-country ski World Cup event coming to Twin Cities
Ski champ Jessie Diggins of Afton will perform before a home-state crowd at the first event held on U.S. snow in nearly 20 years.
Outdoors
Grab this list of autumn ideas and activities in the outdoors, and go
Pedal. Paddle. Hike. Bird-watch. Mountain-bike. Possibilities await across Minnesota.
Outdoors
The loss of starry skies: 'Growing problem' of light pollution
In more places, we're losing view of a true night sky to insidious light pollution.
Outdoors
Minnesotans are fishing the Dakotas in growing numbers
Nonresident fishing license sales in North Dakota have nearly quadrupled since 1995-96, with 40 percent of the crush coming from its neighbor to the east.
Outdoors
Upgrades to system that includes BWCA permits launch next week
Online site for reservations at national parks and forests made more secure, efficient.
Outdoors
Row over proposed mountain biking trails in Minnetonka park is sign of the times
Bike Guy column: From any angle, impact fears are legitimate.
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Two new wolves from Minnesota arrive on Isle Royale
National Park Service officials hope to capture and transfer up to eight this fall in an effort to rebuild their population.
Outdoors
Currents: Stan Tekiela, nature photographer and author
What outdoors people are reading, following, listening to, and more.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Flickers are a different sort in the world of woodpeckers
Nature Notes: They are the only woodpeckers in North America that commonly feed on the ground.
Outdoors
One bedroom, one bath were an upgrade at this northwestern Wisconsin plot
Only the deer can tell the whole story of the northwestern Wisconsin place.
Outdoors
Meet an all-around outdoorsman: Sieve hunts and paints wildlife, cares about habitat
He once received the state's forest stewardship award.
Outdoors
Hunters find success during duck opener, but participation falls to record low
Steve Cordts, waterfowl staff specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, said the dip in participation is in keeping with an overall languishing trend in the sport throughout the Upper Midwest.
Outdoors
What happened to Wolf 7263? 'CSI' meets field research in the Minnesota outdoors
Sometime in July, the radio collar of a wolf tagged No. 7263 triggered into mortality mode. It was time for Shannon Barber-Meyer, a research wildlife biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, to get to work
Outdoors
Anderson: Veteran hunter, 90, continues tradition during Minnesota's duck opener
The DNR had issued an upbeat prediction for Saturday's opener, reporting that duck nesting conditions were good this spring. That was welcome news for Arnold Krueger.
Minneapolis
Red Bull debuts 10-mile portage race combining paddling, running along Mpls. Chain of Lakes
Competitors will also have their navigational smarts challenged along the way.
East Metro
ID released of boater whose body pulled from Anoka County lake
His boat was spotted going in circles and unoccupied.
Outdoors
As bears eat well on natural nuts and berries, hunters' harvest takes a hit
This year's bumper crop of natural foods across bear country produced so much that the bear harvest dropped 60 to 70 percent, officials said.
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