outdoors

Zebra mussels reared their ugly little heads at the Becker County Board meeting Tuesday. Members of the county’s aquatic invasive species task force sparred with county officials over whether the...

The grand opening of the North Country Trail in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge is Saturday, June 1. There are guided hikes and activities from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. The...

She’s baaaaaack. Crookston’s female yearling moose, that is. The moose had hung around town for about 10 weeks in the winter and early spring. Authorities believed they had finally shooed...

The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) is seeking applicants for wetland restoration projects. Through a conservation easement sign-up and a request for proposal process, BWSR has approximately...

I must not be the only one feeling impatient for spring weather to arrive and the soon to follow open water season. This last week I have been asked several...

Over a dozen years ago when I took my two young kids on a simple little sharp-tailed grouse hunt along an old fence line adjacent to a grassy field, my...

Landowners from 14 additional counties now can enroll land in the Walk-In Access program, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said. Walk-in lands provide public access to private land...

ST. PAUL -- State legislators are moving ahead with plans to build an electric barrier in the Mississippi River to stop the spread of Asian carp. A bill instructing the...

This weekend marks the end of the inland water season for walleyes and northern pike. After this weekend you will need to travel to continue chasing those species. There is,...

Minnesota's ice fishing shelter removal dates are approaching. Dark houses, fish houses and portables must be off the ice of inland waters no later than midnight on March 4 in...

A friend of mine recently showed a PowerPoint presentation of his experiences as a helicopter pilot in the Army National Guard and his deployment to Iraq in the late 2000s...