Outdoors
Outdoors
Ski, hike, snowshoe – move – at parks programs
Happenings at state and regional parks.
Outdoors
For early nesting activity, start with the great horned owl
Nature Notes: Close to 240 species of birds nest in Minnesota -- the earliest is the great horned owl.
Outdoors
From Grand (Canyon) to simple, readers share their #2020outdoors plans
We asked for readers to weigh in on their outdoors plans in the new year. They ranged from grand to simple to surprising.
Outdoors
Slush, deep snow creating fish kill worries on shallow lakes
Oxygen-limiting layers covering shallow lakes north of the metro area could cause some fish deaths a third straight year.
Duluth
Alaska musher wins Beargrease for second time in three years
Alaska's Ryan Redington wins Beargrease for the second time in three years
Outdoors
Study: Invasive species slow walleye growth
The study out of the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center looked at a 35-year data set of first-year walleye growth in nine of Minnesota's best walleye lakes.
Outdoors
Counties strategize to dispose of deer carcasses, but work remains
Dumpsters alone can't ensure CWD containment.
Outdoors
BWCA permit reservation opens soon
Permit reservations for spring and summer trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area go up for grabs next Wednesday.
Duluth
Dogs unleash pent-up energy at start of Beargrease
Beargrease mushers say they admire the sport, love the dogs
Outdoors
Anderson: Lake Minnetonka ice fishing village a hot destination for Iowa regulars
An Iowa family now regulars at a well-outfitted Lake Minnetonka ice house cluster, bunked in a sleeper fish house for three nights — hooking, reeling and smiling, 24/7.
Outdoors
Beargrease mushers know their teams – and what makes them go
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, beginning Sunday in Duluth, demands a lot from its human and canine participants.
Outdoors
Even if the festival is off this year, it's the eelpout's time
Nature Notes: They are most active in winter, their spawning period.
Outdoors
Sled dog essentials: From harnessing to feeding, what it takes to run them
Beargrease champion mushers Blake Freking and Ryan Anderson go behind the scenes.
Outdoors
Anderson: DNR event misses chance to take up critical issues of the day
Having hoped the roundtable this year, finally, would offer weightier matters for discussion, many in attendance will shrug, albeit politely.
Outdoors
Resurrected cabin once helped bootleggers on the run
Cabin Country: Hearing rich history maybe saved North Shore place from teardown.
Outdoors
Korkki ski trails near Two Harbors are proudly old-school
Landowner shaped 10 kilometers of trails himself in the 1950s.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Fire, light, snow and stars: Parks programs say, 'winter'
Snow science, hikes on candlelit trails, ski races and more this weekend.
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