January weather in the upper midwest is usually windy and brutally cold with a fair amount of snow and freezing rain. This year, our weather has been more like November. The result has been confusion with the wildlife, livestock, and humans.
I like gadgets. If they pertain to doing something outdoors, I like them even better. My wife and I have been putting out trail cameras for about twenty years. A trail camera is just a waterproof camera with a motion detector a person straps to a tree. When something walks …
I have discovered, sometimes life puts obstacles in our path, and sometimes we put them there ourselves. I am not talking about deep philosophical things but actual things that get in our way. At least once each week, my wife and I go for a ride around the farm on …
Tom Landwehr, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), announced today his selection of Forrest Boe as director of the DNR's Forestry Division. For the past 29 years, Boe has worked for the DNR in numerous leadership positions, most recently as the deputy director of the Parks and …
Minnesotans who want to introduce a child to ice fishing may want to take advantage of Take-A-Kid Ice Fishing Weekend Feb. 18-20. During those days resident anglers age 16 and older do not need a fishing license if they are accompanied by a child younger than age 16. This weekend …
Having "matured" enough to have voted in 10 U.S. presidential elections, and many mid-term elections, I've developed a reaction to these events that is not unlike what happens when you put your hand on a hot stove. That is to say, it would be nice if they could be avoided. …
It is amazing how much energy kids have. If adults had that much energy, we would get done all the things we intend to do instead of putting off half of the projects until next weekend. When our grandson, Zane came over Saturday afternoon, he was ready to go. He …
Now is prime time to sign for a Firearms Safety Hunter Education Class offered by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), according to Capt. Mike Hammer, DNR Enforcement Division education program coordinator. "Now is the time for people to register for a class if they want to hunt this …
Q: Minnesota has a number of species on the state's list of endangered, threatened and special concern species. How far have we come in helping to protect and re-establish these populations? Are we close to removing any from these lists?
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin reassessing deer population goals this spring. From 2005 through 2007 the DNR used an extensive public input process to establish deer population goals for all of the state's approximately 130 deer permit areas. Now that those goal populations have been achieved …
No matter how much an angler enjoys "hard water" fishing through the ice on Minnesota's frozen lakes, there comes a time when fishing open water again becomes a call that must be answered. Some anglers find a way to migrate southward, to fish in the Gulf of Mexico, or one …
To me, hiking has never seemed natural. To go for a walk just to walk always seemed to me to be a waste of time. If a person is carrying a shotgun and walking miles of cornfields in hopes of shooting a pheasant or two is good fun. Walking the …
A silver carp and a bighead carp were caught in a seine net by commercial fishermen March 1 in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River near Winona, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Silver and bighead carp, members of the Asian carp family, are nonnative species that …
Bald eagles are migrating back to Minnesota and may be seen in large numbers across parts of the state over the next few weeks, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). "It's definitely time for folks to keep their eyes out," according to Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer, DNR regional nongame …
The deadline for removing fish houses and dark houses from waters in the northern half of Minnesota is midnight on March 19, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Fish houses in the southern half of Minnesota were to be off the ice March 5. Dates of removal …
