Outdoors
Anderson: Winter angling places pressure on productive walleye lakes
Last winter, Mille Lacs registered more than 3 million angler hours of pressure, a record, according to DNR estimates.
Outdoors
New Minnesota conservation officers open up about outdoors lives
Minnesota's 2020 class of 13 conservation officers are in the field in a heightened period of need for protecting the state's natural resources.
Duluth
Beargrease sled dog race will go on, but with no fans
Health orders and budget woes created challenges, but organizers of sled dog race are still forging ahead.
Variety
The art (and science) of making outdoor ice rinks in Minnesota
Minneapolis rink-makers wield fire hoses and flood boxes, shovel ice shavings, and fight frost boils to provide smooth ice.
The art (and science) of making outdoor ice rinks in Minnesota
Minneapolis rink-makers wield fire hoses and flood boxes, shovel ice shavings, and fight frost boils to provide smooth ice.
Outdoors
'Invasion' of evening grosbeaks could be heading south from Canada
Once-common grosbeaks being seen over wider range.
Local
Minnesota restaurant owner has creative solution for outdoor dining: Fish houses
Verndale restaurant owner gets creative to cope with COVID-19
Outdoors
It seems improbable that the earth is closest to the sun now
We have gained three minutes of daylight since the winter solstice Dec. 21. Nature slows some until March, but there is still much going on outdoors now
Outdoors
2020 added urgency to Minnesota man's idea to bring strangers together to run and talk
Pandemic, social unrest brought new resonance to strangers' get together.
Outdoors
Get 2021 off on the right foot with these 'first day hike' ideas
Friday (or sometime this month) is an ideal opportunity to wash clean of 2020 through a stop outdoors. Consider a "First Day Hike," a New Year's Day tradition in the spirit of renewal.
Outdoors
Cottage? Cabin? Whichever, they're keeping traditions alive
Cabin Country: The cottage (if you're from Wisconsin) or cabin (Minnesota) is a concept as much as a place, and whatever you call it, it is vital to joy.
Outdoors
Minnesota DNR's 'Wonder Dog' retires from duty
Schody, a German shepherd, was the longest-serving member of Minnesota's K9 units.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Discovered butterfly tag in Mexico represents monarchs' tale of survival
Evidence of monarch tagged in Minnesota turns up in Mexico, a reminder of an epic migration.
Outdoors
Winter isn't as dormant as one might expect; there's action amid inaction
December is full of natural marvels, from intricate snowflakes, to a chickadee taking seeds from a human hand, to the sights of Orion and the Big Dipper on a cold, clear night.
Outdoors
Minnesota-inspired, the Muries stretched wide their love of the wild
Inspired by their childhood adventures on the windswept Minnesota prairie, two brothers grew to be internationally known naturalists and nature writers.
Outdoors
The dream of a cabin near the BWCA? It came true.
Our sons were infants when we built the cabin and have grown up fishing, hiking, roasting s'mores over campfires and just hanging out at "the cabin."
Duluth
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New tower to bring cell service to Northern Minnesota's Gunflint Trail, parts of Boundary Waters
Some argue the wilderness should remain off the grid, but others say it's a public safety issue.
Variety
Our suggestions on how to celebrate solstice outdoors
The winter solstice can be a good time to gaze at the skies, glide on skis or listen for owls.
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