Outdoors
Mille Lacs anglers will get to keep a walleye early in the season
Early season anglers on Mille Lacs will be allowed a one-walleye bag limit this year before the season shifts to catch-and-release regulations in June.
Local
Minnesota lawmakers may end commercial turtle harvest
About 10,000 painted and snapping turtles are captured and sold each year.
Outdoors
Into the wild: Nature is good. More is better, especially these days
Unplugging with longer trips drives deeper into the heart and mind, too.
Outdoors
Finding their freedom outdoors
These Minnesotans went into the wild for different reasons, but all have experienced unmistakable awe.
Outdoors
What makes a great trip to the BWCA — from the experts
A trip into the million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for a long weekend is a must. So, too, are gaining some skills and taking on a longer adventure.
Outdoors
Migratory birds are staking territory, a sure sign of a Minnesota spring
Red-winged blackbirds, common grackles are amazing travelers.
Outdoors
Anderson: DNR's plan to divert funds intended for habitat purchases draws fire
The department wants to shift money intended for buying habitat to be used for other purposes.
Local
Lead contamination found in 7% of donated Minnesota venison
Fragments were found in 7% of carcasses since 2008, or 6,700 pounds of meat in past decade.
Outdoors
DNR team focuses on upgrading Minnesota wildlife management areas for physically disabled
Where it can, the state's Department of Natural Resources wants to make sure areas can accommodate disabled users.
Outdoors
These picture books for kids (and kids at heart) can bring in outdoors
Children are keen observers in the nature world; these books can deepen those connections.
Duluth
Split Rock Lighthouse getting new 'drive-in' campground
The 46 new sites are on track to open this fall.
Outdoors
Anderson: Lessons from Wisconsin's controversial wolf hunt worth examining
A highly unusual combination of events, including a lawsuit by an out-of-state hunting group, forced the Wisconsin DNR to hold a February wolf hunt it had not anticipated.
Outdoors
DNR says it will look harder at insecticides' effect on Minnesota deer
Discussions already have begun with wildlife officials in North Dakota to collaborate on a research paper showing dispersal of the chemicals in deer from both states.
Outdoors
Researchers deploy den boxes as possible tool to aid mysterious fishers
Their Minnesota story matches other wildlife: It's one of cycles, and offers clues about the fisher's current struggle.
Outdoors
Anderson: Drones helping modernize deer counts through locating fawns
The whereabouts of deer can stymie wildlife biologists. Enter now the drone, whose usefulness has only recently been realized in determining deer and other wildlife populations.
Outdoors
Raising the Lake Superior island getaway to keep from razing it
Cabin Country: As the visits and memories piled up, the foundation of the house was slowly sinking. This past fall we the house was lifted 12 feet
Outdoors
Naturalist has noted eastern chipmunk's winter appearance for 50 years
Eastern chipmunks are hibernators, yet unlike the 13-lined ground squirrels and woodchucks, chipmunks do not put on much pre-hibernation fat.
Duluth
Lake Superior ice disappears as fast as it formed
After maxing out at 50% coverage two weeks ago, the lake has lost nearly all of its ice.
Duluth
All eyes on Duluth as Grandma's Marathon becomes one of first big races in COVID era
Organizers of the Duluth event, scheduled for June 17-19, have teamed up with world experts on crowd control to devise a plan to safely host 9,500 runners in the three races.
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