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August 26, 2021
Harper Schoenrock, 8, of Edina caught this 36-inch northern pike while fishing last week for panfish on Medicine Lake. She used a drop shot with night

Trophy Tales: Northerns meet their matches

We'll publish photos and descriptions of your catches through summer. Send yours to fishphoto@startribune.com.
Outdoors
August 26, 2021
The place on the shore of Woman Lake.

Cabin Country: Family, or Norway, can't be far from their minds

The cabin dubbed Solbakken (Sunny Hill) is a gathering spot.
Outdoors
August 26, 2021
A yellowjacket, in close, on its nest.

Yellowjackets, those pesky picnic visitors, have value

The social wasps are important pollinators.
Outdoors
August 26, 2021
Minnesota fishing report: From Baudette to Alexandria, anglers are having success

Minnesota fishing report: From Baudette to Alexandria, anglers are having success

Where are sauger, bass, walleye and sturgeon? Rainy River.
Outdoors
August 26, 2021
Assistant manager Jakob Willschau, bottom, and Emily Roose, right, of Piragis North Woods Co., an outfitter in Ely, showed Adam Battani, left, where t

Scrambling outfitters wonder what's lost, what's ahead as fires close wilderness

A solid, busy season appears now to be ending early with the wilderness closed and fires threatening. "Economically, it is a big hit for us," one outfitter said.
Outdoors
August 25, 2021
With Greenwood fire growing, BWCA closure is extended

With Greenwood fire growing, BWCA closure is extended

More than 400 crew members are working on the Superior National Forest fire. Officials have extended the Boundary Waters closure due to fires another week, to Sept. 3.
Local
August 24, 2021
Earlier this summer, the Minnesota DNR said that with such dry conditions, black bears are more emboldened to seek food outside the wilderness, in pla

Video goes viral of Centerville teens running from black bear

DNR says urban sightings of black bears are more common in a drought.
Outdoors
August 23, 2021
A rapidly growing wildfire in northeastern Minnesota, seen Thursday, is prompting evacuations.

Northern Minnesota's wildfire concerns extend into the fall

Crews fought the Greenwood blaze to a draw over the weekend as Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness evacuations continued.
Local
August 21, 2021
This Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, a rapidly growing wildfire rises in the background in northeastern Minnesota.

Fires close BWCA for first time in 45 years

All overnight and day use, including motorized day use, is prohibited for at least seven days or until the closure is canceled. Rangers were sweeping the area and telling visitors to leave.
Outdoors
August 21, 2021
South Dakota pheasant hunters have long enjoyed plentiful ringneck and spectacular sunsets. The sunsets are still there.

Anderson: Non-resident hunters vote on South Dakota pheasant plan by not showing up

Once the king of all ringneck states, based on bird numbers, South Dakota now relies on gimmicks.
Local
August 21, 2021
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Study touts economic benefits of expanding Midtown Greenway to St. Paul

Citing study, advocates push to extend Midtown Greenway to U, St. Paul.
Photography
August 20, 2021
Alexandra Quiterio, 11, learned how to sail during an outing at Bde Maka Ska. The Minneapolis Sailing Center teamed up with Outdoor Latino Minnesota t

Photos: Families learn to sail through Outdoor Latino Minnesota, Minneapolis Sailing Center partnership

The Minneapolis Sailing Center teamed up with Outdoor Latino Minnesota to offer sailing classes to Latino families. Outdoor Latino Minnesota, run by Ruben C. Garza, works to introduce Latino families to parks and outdoor activities.
Outdoors
August 20, 2021
Now on the eve of autumn, hunters prepare to team up with their special canine partners, renewing bonds that often are indescribable, even mysterious.

Anderson: Canine-human bond strong; hunter-dog bond stronger still

Hunting dogs revel with their handlers in acute forms of symbiosis, from which stories unfold that sometimes are heartwarming and other times sidesplitting.
Outdoors
August 20, 2021
Thomas Drayton, who has Stage 4C medullary thyroid cancer, has decided to do a benefit ride of one (himself) from the Canadian border to Iowa to raise

Could a Burnsville man's ride change a life? That's his hope

Thomas Drayton has untreatable cancer and couldn't find a benefit ride, so he opted for DIY.
Outdoors
August 20, 2021
Liam Cowan, 11, of Minneapolis caught this 49-inch muskie off Lake Harriet’s south dock. Cowan, who fishes Lake Harriet regularly, used a live sucke

Trophy Tales: A big haul on Harriet

We'll publish photos and descriptions of your catches through summer. Send yours to fishphoto@startribune.com.
Outdoors
August 20, 2021
An assortment of bobbers was on display at Mike's Bait on 8.

Minnesota fishing report: A variety of success in the Detroit Lakes area

Kabetogama has reports of jumbo perch.
Outdoors
August 19, 2021
Miranda Klassen, 14, (left) and her sister Ava, 11, pose inside a cutout in the lobby of this summer’s Grand American trap shooting competition in S

Caught up in trapshooting, Minnesota farm family blasts away for fun and glory

The Klassen family embodies a sporting movement that has swept 11,000 Minnesota high school kids into team shootouts at local gun clubs and larger tournament venues.
Outdoors
August 19, 2021
A Great White Egret and a wood duck share the waters of Richfield Lake Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Richfield, MN.] (DAVID JOLES/STARTRIBUNE) djoles@st

Keep an eye out for great egrets, statues on the water

The bird population was devastated by hunting in the early 20th century.
Duluth
August 18, 2021
An aircraft dropped red fire retardant onto the Greenwood Fire on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 as seen from an airplane above the temporary flight restric

Superior National Forest fire grows amid windy conditions

Homes, cabins evacuated as planes and crews battle the fast-growing blaze.
Duluth
August 17, 2021
An aircraft dropped red fire retardant onto the Greenwood Fire on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 as seen from an airplane above the temporary flight restric

Superior National Forest fire grows amid windy conditions

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