Outdoors
DNR changes deer test process in CWD zones, has other new regulations
Illnesses affecting humans and animals drive many adjustments.
South Metro
Xcel, Shakopee and others collaborate to build new mountain bike park
Shakopee partnership's trail designed for them.
Outdoors
Minnesota fishing report
A look at where the fish are biting around the state.
Outdoors
Don't forget that bees have important roles
Before a plant can produce fruit or seeds, the flowers must be pollinated, and although many important plants such as grasses are pollinated by wind, others depend upon insects.
Outdoors
From Minnesota farmhouse to Wisconsin lake cabin, the blessing were worth repaying
Although still enjoyable, the lake property eventually became too much. The sale money went into a charitable remainder trust and will get distributed to several good causes.
Outdoors
Anderson: Grass buffers have proven their worth in Minn. farm country
Passed by the Legislature at the urging of then-Gov. Mark Dayton, the state's buffer law was intended to reduce farmland runoff, thereby helping to clean up rivers and other waters.
Local
Minnesota's North Shore fills up: Campgrounds, resorts, vacation rentals ride the pandemic
Despite, or more likely because of, the pandemic, Minnesota's share of Lake Superior's coastline has been attracting swarms of visitors.
West Metro
Wake boats on Lake Minnetonka are making waves
The growing popularity of wakeboarding is stirring a backlash over the noise and the disruption on local lakes.
Outdoors
Anderson: Sportsmens club as Minnesotan as baseball and fishing in summertime
The coronavirus has thrown a wrench into just about everything this summer. Yet people come to the club for competitions and socializing, even in the time of a pandemic.
Outdoors
Rush River trout ride out damaging flood in western Wisconsin
Even young trout survived as did most stream banks.
Outdoors
In praise of little change: The cabin on Davis Lake
Cabin Country: The family purchased this in 1976 on Davis Lake in McGregor, Minn., and nothing has changed much in 45 years.
Outdoors
What catches a naturalist's eye in July? Flowers, prairies and berries
This time of year, flower gardens are looking good.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Surge in Minnesota fishing has slowed
The 2020 spike in fishing license sales has sagged, but it's still boom time on Minnesota lakes
Local
Border ban keeps Minnesotans from their Canadian getaways
Canada's ban on discretionary crossings by Americans began March 21 as part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mission to send the highly contagious virus into further retreat. A recent poll of Canadians showed overwhelming support for telling leisure-seeking Americans: Stay out.
Outdoors
Minnesota fishing report
A look at where the fish are biting.
Local
Partisan fight over emission standards threatens $60 million in Minnesota environmental trust fund projects
Some still hold out hope that the money will be freed up in the special session.
Outdoors
Fishing in the city: DNR's Ruiz shows off hotspots near downtown
Ray Ruiz's job with the Department of Natural Resources is to work with diverse metro area community groups to increase participation in fishing.
Duluth
Caught in storm, Boundary Waters campers thankful to be alive
Nine wilderness campers from St. Paul are happy to be alive and healthy after a storm's swirling winds uprooted trees all around them in their Boundary Waters campsite Wednesday evening.
Outdoors
It's not an easy trek, but Angle Inlet still can be reached
The temporary closure of Canada's border has cut off the only land route to Angle Inlet. For now, nearly all traffic is by boat. The routes vary from 30 to 50 miles long and can be dangerous if ill-equipped or inexperienced.
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