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01/04/2009
Grand Forks, N.D. - If previous legislative sessions are any indication, North Dakota lawmakers will tackle about 40 hunting- or fishing-related bills this year.
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01/04/2009
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Overall, North Dakota outdoors issues should be quieter this session.
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01/02/2009
The world of conservation lost a good friend and passionate voice recently when my friend and award-winning broadcaster and outdoors writer Tony Dean of Pierre, South Dakota passed away.
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01/02/2009
Fishing the Midwest
It’s a new year!! Happy 2009!! 2008, for many folks was a challenging one. And, for some folks, 2009 looks to have its challenges as well.
But we press ahead: That’s all we can do.
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01/01/2009
As my three calendars on the wall now show December, January and February, part of me already is looking past winter and into spring. Doing outreach work for the Game and Fish Department, my goal is to keep ahead of the curve and assess future issues that might influence how we spend our time outdoors.
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| Mike Erickson |
12/30/2008
The Alexandria Nordic ski team made it through the snow that caused Alexandria schools to be canceled last Tuesday to compete at the St. Cloud Cathedral Invite at the Riverside Park in St. Cloud.
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| Osakis Golf Course |
12/30/2008
The cold and slippery weekend weather didn’t stop this family from enjoying the snow by sledding at the Osakis Golf Course Sunday.
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Deb ReynoldsDeb Reynolds braved a brisk Monday morning to run along Lake Bemidji with her running partner, Vegas. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper
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12/30/2008
Bemidji skate park supporters have secured another grant for their project.
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12/30/2008
A 33-year-old Brainerd man has died in a snowmobile crash in Maple Grove Township.
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| AP Photo |
12/30/2008
Two frostbitten, emaciated horses were recovering inside a warm barn on Saturday thanks to volunteers who spent the week before Christmas digging the animals out of snow in the mountains of northeastern British Columbia.
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12/30/2008
If ever there was a creature that seems to enjoy life more, relishes playtime and roughhousing as much, or takes more pleasure in spending time with family just lying around or goofing off, then I’ve never met the critter. Without a shred of doubt, river otters fit this bill wonderfully.
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| Lake Superior |
12/30/2008
DULUTH – If the big lake seems to have an unusually placid appearance off Duluth’s shores these days, it’s because you’re looking at ice.
The western tip of Lake Superior has frozen over in December for the first time in recent memory, and that could mean a long season of ice angling that hasn’t been seen in years.
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| Volunteer laborers |
12/30/2008
After more than 25 years of clearing and constructing, the North Country National Scenic Trail has entered Becker County.
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| Chevrolet Silverado |
12/30/2008
A 73-year-old Willmar man was treated for hypothermia Saturday evening after his pickup truck broke through the ice on Willmar Lake.
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12/30/2008
Outdoors news is part of what makes the Northland special. From bluebills to bills in the Legislature, here are the stories that stood out in 2008.
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12/30/2008
From north to south there are more than 180 miles of marked, groomed snowmobile trails in Washington County. The most well-known is the Star Trail.
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12/30/2008
The word came down three days before Christmas. It came from the siblings gathered 650 miles away.
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| Bruce Mulvaney |
12/30/2008
For those who agree with Carl Reiner that snow is “an unnecessary freezing of water,’’ stop right here.
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12/30/2008
Trail conditions for cross country skiing and snowmobiling are described as good to very good in most of the region.
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12/30/2008
A recommendation to continue and expand the program to protect rock outcrops in the Upper Minnesota River Valley will be considered by the state Legislature when it convenes for the 2009 session.
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12/30/2008
Sunday, I had one tag left for regular gun season. Sunday was also the last day it could be used. There was not much going on, so I thought I should go get one more doe.
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12/28/2008
The mercury flirted with 10 below zero, but that didn’t stop Heather Bridgeman and her two children from trying out their homemade cardboard-box sleds on this Monday afternoon before Christmas.
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12/25/2008
Concern about several bridges on the North Shore Trail has led state officials to leave the trails ungroomed at least through Sunday.
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12/25/2008
Wildlife habitat on Minnesota’s private land has ebbed and flowed with the vagaries of farm programs and politics.
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| Matt Lee |
12/22/2008
What could be nicer than a six inch snowfall on the day of the home ski opener?
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12/21/2008
St. Paul - Every afternoon about 4 p.m., bundled figures pulling ice-fishing shelters head out from the VFW access on White Bear Lake in search of walleyes, crappies and northern pike.
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12/21/2008
Richard Johnson of Hillsboro, N.D., recently photographed this bald eagle near the Red River.
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Frosty MorningAn Agate Bay December morning at 20 below with lots of frost. But the gulls were still flying. Temperatures fell as low as minus 35 this past week in the Isabella area of Lake County.
Photo by Paul Sundberg
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12/14/2008
Brian Brosdahl’s been an ice fishing fanatic since he first pulled a fish through the ice more than three decades ago. But there’s no denying, he says, that ice fishing today is a lot more comfortable than it was during those early winter excursions.
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Photo of the weekDana Weiskopf of Fargo got her first antelope this fall while hunting 16 miles south of Rhame, N.D., about two miles north of the South Dakota border. more...
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12/13/2008
What better way to get out at this time of year and enjoy the outdoors with your family than a trip to the woods to cut your own Christmas tree or to gather balsam boughs to make your own wreath?
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12/13/2008
The North American Ice Fishing Circuit (NAIFC) will hold its first tournament of 2009 on Lake Osakis January 4.
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12/12/2008
The Bush administration issued revised endangered species regulations Wednesday to reduce the input of federal scientists and block the law from being used to fight global warming.
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| Gary Jones |
12/11/2008
Gary Jones of East Grand Forks, Minn., caught this 19.5-inch smallmouth bass Nov. 4 while fishing on the Red Lake River with Greg Chalmers of East Grand Forks.
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| Cougar sightings |
12/08/2008
Poppycock or puma? It’s the story that refuses to die. Wildlife officials have varying names for the phenomenon: “puma paranoia,” “mountain lion mania” or “cougar hysteria.”
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| Gene Olson |
12/08/2008
The temperature hovers around 20 degrees. A northwest wind drives snow across a steel sky. And Gene Olson of Coleraine, Minn., is right where he wants to be – chest-deep in 35 degree water.
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Doug Leier
As many frequent readers of this column know, I grew up hunting, fishing and trapping around North Dakota’s LaMoure County in the early 1980s. From snow geese and perch to fox and ducks, if there was an open season, Dad and I were in the middle of it.
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From bustling metro to untouched wilderness, you'll find experiences abound in Minnesota this summer. But before you can make memories, you have to make plans.
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