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Golf courses will open today; more outdoor activities to start
With the governor's new executive order, as of Saturday, Minnesotans are allowed "to engage in a range of activities, including golfing, boating, fishing, hunting, and hiking, as long as they follow new outdoor recreation guidelines."
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Shooting ranges, game farms, bait shops can open in Minnesota
Gov. Tim Walz issued an executive order Friday expanding outdoor recreation in the state.
Outdoors
Dispatches: Across the state, Minnesotans watch spring emerge, push coronavirus to the background
We put out a question recently: What's happening in the outdoors where you are?
Outdoors
Anderson: Northern Minnesota resort owners make it clear: come up and fish
In the past month, some public officials in northern Minnesota have said visitors aren't welcome, worried metro vacationers might tote the coronavirus with them. But resorts need customers. Or some won't survive.
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BWCA outfitters, users acknowledge precaution when coronavirus grip lightens
The BWCA closure has created anxiety for outfitters; regardless, they're preparing to double-down on safety.
Outdoors
They spent their youth on the same Minnesota lake. Now they've returned through a cabin
Cabin country: For this couple, Lake Sarah was always home.
Outdoors
Take it from a naturalist: Minnesota's spring signs tell of better things to come
The despair surrounding COVID-19 leaves us numb and sad, but events in nature's spring tell us of better things to come.
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National forest impact
The Forest Service has created a hotline and an e-mail address for questions about the coronavirus shutdown
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DNR cancels fish egg-collecting operations owing to close-contact work
State fisheries officials have canceled all egg-taking operations this spring for all species of fish, a decision that will immediately affect walleye stocking on 330 lakes.
Outdoors
Fish, wildlife groups to urge anglers and hunters to buy licenses
Without license revenue, loss to DNR Game and Fish Fund could be significant.
Outdoors
Birds of every sort are on the move in Minnesota. Here is a great tool to follow along
Arriving, increasing, peaking -- BirdCast from Cornell Lab of Ornithology covers a lot of ground.
Outdoors
Wild turkey hunt begins Wednesday, with social distancing in mind
Last year's turkey season drew 46,000 hunters into the state's woods, waters and fields. About 10,700 toms, or male turkeys, were harvested.
Outdoors
Anderson: Ruffed grouse targeted in habitat plan
The primary conservation group that advocates for ruffed grouse has made dramatic changes to the way it operates, with a goal of significantly increasing ruffed grouse and woodcock habitat nationwide.
East Metro
Swan, loon poisonings fuel anti-lead sinker campaign in Minnesota
Toll in Ramsey County is fueling a campaign to persuade anglers to stop using lead sinkers.
Local
Grand Portage State Park temporarily closed at request of Ojibwe band, Minnesota DNR says
The band asked the DNR to close the park because of concerns about the COVID-19 risk with heightened visits to the area.
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Coronavirus has done a number on Minnesota's running community
With Get in Gear and Grandma's Marathon among the events already called off, the status of another 200 races between June and October remain uncertain.
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Minnesota cyclists of every sort see rides, races upended
Normally the Minnesota Cycling Federation would be buzzing about the popular, decades-old criterium racing series Tuesday nights at Machinery Hill. But all will be dark next week.
Outdoors
Anderson: Lying low during pandemic, Bud Grant sees history repeating itself
Stricken with polio at age 10, former Vikings head coach Bud Grant today sees similar "highly stressful times" with the unknowns surrounding COVID-19.
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Currents: Jessie Diggins, World Cup skier and Olympic gold medalist
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