Outdoors
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease basics
The virus that attacks deer is spread by biting midges, usually in late summer or early fall.
Outdoors
Anderson: It's the sad end for Minnesota Waterfowl Association
With too few members (approximately 2,500) and too-little cash (about $20,000) the group's board voted unanimously recently to shutter its rental office in Hopkins, effective Sept. 30.
Outdoors
The amazing tale of butterfly 'ps 397' — which helped illuminate monarch migration
Nature Notes: Naturalist Jim Gilbert recalls tagging a monarch that was picked up by an associate researcher in Mexico.
Outdoors
Minnesota depending on grouse hunters for research on West Nile virus
Blood samples from grouse to be collected by hunters for scientists.
Outdoors
Anderson: Minnesota boy gets a huge surprise from his fishing hero
A star-struck 10-year-old will have quite a fish story to tell his fellow fourth-graders when he returns to school next week. And every word will be true.
Local
Project to restore Rice Creek's meandering path already shows positives for water, wildlife
Ambitious project to restore Rice Creek is part of broader plan to improve water quality and habitat.
Outdoors
Turning words in action with a Yukon adventure
First Person: Inspired by his youthful love of Jack London stories, a Minnesotan seizes a moment to paddle Canada's wild Yukon Territory.
Outdoors
Currents: Mercedes Akinseye, hunter, angler, chapter coordinator Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
What outdoors people are reading, doing, following, and more.
Outdoors
Those summer days on Mille Lacs still bubble up
Cabin Country: Walking down to the Malmo Market, snorkeling and more.
Outdoors
A travel trailer and a small cabin merged into a family sanctuary
Cabin Country: Place north of Bemidji got a major upgrade in 2000.
Outdoors
Family fish, trail walks and archery shoots planned at parks
Programs at Fort Ridgely, Afton and other parks have myriad possibilities.
Minneapolis
The Bike Guy column: Keeping watch on the Greenway and, in some cases, saving lives
Ride-along reflects challenges for trail's volunteer watch group.
Outdoors
Superior Hiking Trail becomes path to another speed record
Ultra-distance runner sets new 'fastest known time' for supported attempt.
Local
Minn. woman identified after she was killed by bear on Rainy Lake
The Maple Plain woman, staying on a remote island in Ontario, went to check on her barking dogs when she was attacked.
Outdoors
Minnesota pheasant count is down 17% from a year ago
Late-season snowstorms, spring rain likely contributed to birds' demise, DNR reports.
Outdoors
Trophy Tales: Northerns rule the end of summer
This season's final batch of reader-submitted fish catches includes some real whoppers.
Local
Black bear kills woman on remote Rainy Lake island in Ontario
Minnesota bear experts say that black bear attacks are rare -- and fatal attacks even more so.
North Metro
Anoka County oaks may hold clues to saving redheaded woodpeckers
Oak savannas may hold clues to saving the redheaded woodpecker.
Outdoors
'Go for a walk and call me in the morning': Prescriptions for outdoors time take root
Some Minnesota doctors will soon be handing out prescriptions for time outdoors amid legitimate science that points to nature's health benefits.
Outdoors
Finding kinship and respite in a yurt in southwestern Minnesota
Cabin Country: "I like to write there, weed the walk, sit on the swing, and look across the fields."
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