Outdoors
Currents: Alison Heebsh, Minnesota Rovers Outdoors Club president
What outdoors people are doing, reading, following, and more.
Outdoors
'Never so terrified': A night in Sturgeon Narrows
Former Camp Widjiwagan camper recounts a night unlike another other in the Quetico.
Local
Minnesota scrambling after deer disposal plan falls apart
Waste Management, the expected to provide most of the dumpsters in central and southern Minnesota, told the state recently that it won't offer the service.
Outdoors
No barrier too big: Minneapolis ultrarunner sets women's mark for Superior trail
Alex Elizabeth puts down fastest known time.
Outdoors
West Nile virus impact on state's ruffed grouse still uncertain after study
At least some grouse across the three states are being exposed to the virus, meaning a fraction of killed grouse submitted last year by hunters carried antibodies consistent with West Nile exposure.
Outdoors
DNR study seeks farm chemical levels in wild deer
A DNR study, relying on hunters, will ascertain those rates in wild deer across the state
Duluth
Duluth's recreational trails are helping city remake its image
The pathways have become real estate selling points, a sign that Duluth's investments in rebranding itself as an outdoors haven are paying off.
Local
See a deer on the road? Resist the urge to swerve
Minnesota ranks sixth highest in the nation for roadway animal crashes between September and November.
Duluth
Anderson: More ducks than ever? Yeah, right
The spring numbers are not all they are cracked up to be.
Outdoors
'No Child Left Inside' grant program opens with a bang
Applications gush in for $1.2M in program money.
Outdoors
State's wildlife health manager embraces the mystery and challenge of the work
My Outdoor Life: Michelle Carstensen and staff are front line to host of disease threats.
Outdoors
Halloween is near, but those frights pale next to some experiences in the outdoors
Unexplained, odd, scary: Here are some stories from the woods.
Outdoors
Minnesotan judges roadkill cook-off to be serious woods-to-table fare
Unusual event? Sure. But the approach to the contest in West Virginia was no game.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Anderson: Northern Minnesota guide learns painful lesson of tree-stand risks
His fall while taking down a tree stand is a reminder of inherent risk in the field.
Outdoors
Old farmhouse in Big Stone County stands up to time and memories
Cabin Country: The place was built by family members who helped settle the area decades ago.
Duluth
Fisherman catches Minnesota record muskie while grieving for friend
Corey Kitzmann, a lifelong muskie angler, was alone at his family's cabin when he received word a friend had died at age 40. Not wanting to remain in the cabin alone, he went fishing.
Outdoors
Anderson: Bow hunting for deer remains popular as interest in archery dips
Better equipment encourages women, youth to try archery.
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