Local
It's too close for comfort on wildly popular Minneapolis park paths
Park Board echoes health advice: Enjoy nature, but stay 6 feet apart.
Duluth
![Katie Cassidy, a masters student in water resources science, threw a bucket in Lake Superior to retrieve a water sample on Monday morning. ]
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Finding alternatives to road salt as water contamination grows
Researchers look at alternatives to chloride to treat icy roads in effort to protect Lake Superior.
Outdoors
Raven III, the popular black Lab of 'Minnesota Bound,' has died at 13 1/2
With equal parts gratitude and sorrow, long-time Minnesota outdoors writer Ron Schara reflected on Raven III's life as his sidekick on the popular television show "Minnesota Bound."
Outdoors
Feds, state putting the marsh back in Marsh Lake
A plan 20 years in the works is bringing life and wildlife back to the lake in far western Minnesota.
Local
Lutsen Resort announces it will close until April 30
The ski area will end its season Sunday, more than a month early.
Local
East Metro
Stillwater Lift Bridge to go up in anticipation of boat traffic
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will raise the bridge and lock it in place starting next Friday.
Local
Tiny bear cubs rescued in northwest Minnesota after mother struck by combine
Weighing only 5 pounds now, the cubs will be freed next spring.
Coronavirus
A great virus fighter for Minnesotans? Time outdoors
Under the weight of the coronavirus crisis, several outdoors writers have come to appreciate the power of nature all the more.
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Local
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Self-quarantine is a daily reality
Thoughts on the coronavirus and the power of the time in the outdoors.
Outdoors
Anderson: Reality is a real dose these days, but so is the fishing
A rod, a country river, and time to anchor while waters are troubled.
Local
Outdoors
Grant will give Minnesota hunters more room for 'walk-in access'
The hunting privileges on 28,000 acres of private land would have expired without an infusion of cash to extend the state's agreements with landowners.
Outdoors
Superior Hiking Trail will lose a champion
Association executive director will depart with a legacy of ideas and progress.
Outdoors
Family helped another family launch a Crow Wing cabin adventure
Dubbed "Last Resort," the place is where they are most themselves.
Outdoors
Robins hang around, but many return now to Minnesota, too
Although their return depends largely upon the weather conditions, robins are usually here by mid-March.
Outdoors
Currents: Kurt Mead, Tettegouche State Park naturalist
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