Outdoors
Purple martins' aerial displays are an act of good parenting, too
Both male and female purple martins, the largest member of the swallow family, are busy feeding their young.
Outdoors
Back to the BWCA for the grandest portage of all
There's a new entry to last summer's Boundary Waters series: A father and son and their group returned in June to tackle the historic Grand Portage -- a notoriously challenging trek.
Duluth
Some North Shore visitors trashing trails, campsites
North Shore experiencing more visitors trashing trails and campsites.
West Metro
Fewer people, more citations over July 4th on Lake Minnetonka
Slight uptick in boating under the influence tags, however.
Local
Young raptor that grew up on popular EagleCam is killed in flight
EagleCam fledgling known as E1 died after hitting power line structure near nest
Local
Airborne dust may spur toxic algae blooms on remote Minnesota lakes
Scientists are racing to find out how blue-green algae reaches the waters in Minnesota's pristine natural areas.
Outdoors
Young eagle that grew up on Minnesota's EagleCam killed in flight
Caretakers of the popular wildlife feature report young chick hit powerline.
Outdoors
BWCA trip tips: Readers offer their best to first-timers
While most BWCA visitors are experienced, every year first-timers travel there — some prepared, many others not so much. So on the eve of another open-water BWCA season, we solicited tips for first-timers from readers who are veteran BWCA travelers.
Outdoors
Minnesota's state parks remain hot properties, but crowds represent challenges
About 85% of the sites and lodges can be used now, but more are opening.
Outdoors
Anderson: Nature's storytellers are a threatened species as well
Documentarians of the outdoors world are losing some of their voices in an ever-changing media industry.
Outdoors
Anderson: Ex-Army Ranger making sure other vetarans can go fishing
Steve Gillaspie is the founder of a 501(c)(3) group called Veterans on the Water, which offers free fishing trips to military veterans.
Outdoors
Butterflies in the warm sunshine are a marker of a Minnesota summer
It's almost impossible to look anywhere in a flower garden or alfalfa field without seeing at least one butterfly bouncing along on an erratic flight, or, in the chase of a monarch, a steady glide.
Outdoors
Grandpa's cabin in Fifty Lakes spun into a family history of beloved hideouts
After immigrating from Sweden, he bought land near Fifty Lakes, Minn., that reminded him of home.
Outdoors
Minnesota fishing report
A look at where the fish are biting
Duluth
Superior Hiking Trail group gets new leader
Lisa Luokkala last worked as a senior parks planner for the city of Duluth.
Outdoors
Anderson: Ending South Dakota pheasant survey won't fool hunters
If the South Dakota commission hopes to trick pheasant hunters into visiting by ending the state's brood surveys, that ploy won't work. Hunters aren't stupid.
Outdoors
Birdie save: Golfers stop to rescue red-tailed hawk chick in Waconia
Luke Herbert and Noah Kandt were putting on the 12th green at Island View Golf Club when their round ended abruptly and their roles as bird rescuers commenced.
Outdoors
Wisconsin cabin has become spring-summer home. Still, it's escape.
This is an update from a story about this cabin that appeared Nov. 21, 2014.
Outdoors
Anderson: River wranglers ply the Mississippi River after dark
Whether bracketed by statuesque pines near Brainerd, the bright lights of the Twin Cities or Wabasha's leafy hardwoods, the Mississippi's one constant is beauty, and never more so than at night.
Outdoors
Pandemic has harmed fundraisers that conservation groups depend on
Despite the surge in hunting and fishing during the coronavirus pandemic, Minnesota's wildlife conservation groups are retrenching to cope with a fundraising crisis.
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