OUTDOORS
Always best to take the safe way
With the rut getting into full swing and the sun coming out for the first time in weeks, I thought Saturday afternoon would be a great time to go hunting.By Walter Scott , November 07, 2009
PWELC hosting disabled hunt
SPICER — Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center will be hosting its annual deer firearms hunt for persons with disabilities.By Tribune Sports , November 07, 2009
Hunters will find tough opener
WILLMAR — Prospects for the 2009 deer firearm season that opened today can be summed up very easily.By Tom Cherveny , November 07, 2009
Family bonds, memories run through deer season
DULUTH — Maybe you can feel it in the air. Or smell it in the aroma of decaying popple leaves. Or see it in the thick, gray days we’ve had lately.By Sam Cook , November 07, 2009
More work, more reward
SPICER — Three times Kevin Fasen has hunted the African continent, but a trio of Midwestern states has made possible the hunting accomplishment that he is most proud.
By Tom Cherveny , November 07, 2009
Excitement of meeting old rivals 
wo years ago during bow season, I spent a fair amount of time hunting two particular bucks.
By Walter Scott , October 31, 2009
More help needed to help deer
WILLMAR — Slowly, but surely, the presence of deer hunting organizations is starting to take shape in Kandiyohi County.
By T.J. Bartelt , October 31, 2009
Letter: In defense of trapping
This letter is in response to Catherine Miller’s misunderstanding of trapping (Public Forum, Oct. 23). She stated that prior to coming to Minnesota, when she lived in Wisconsin she observed a lot of trapping activity on her daily walks during winter. During these walks she saw things that, if true, should have been reported to the Wisconsin DNR.
October 31, 2009
Twelve-year-old youngest Minnesotan to kill moose
NICOLLET (AP) — A Minnesota wildlife official confirms that a 12-year-old girl is the youngest Minnesotan to kill a moose in the modern era.
By AP , October 31, 2009
Elk hunt offers more than retirement trip
GRYGLA — Curt Howe had banked on two elk hunts this fall, stashing money away every paycheck for the past three years to finance a guided trip to Alberta in mid-September and buying a license to join a cousin in Oregon on a November hunting excursion.
By Brad Dokken , October 31, 2009
Bushmills Ethanol must pay $425,000 MPCA penalty
ST. PAUL — Bushmills Ethanol Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to the Minnesota Pollution Control for a variety of alleged violations at the company’s ethanol production facility in Atwater.
October 30, 2009
Hawk Creek Watershed will offer incentives for restoration of wetlands
CLARA CITY — The Hawk Creek Watershed Project will offer incentives for wetland restoration as part of an effort to reduce the phosphorus runoff that plays a role in depleting oxygen levels in the lower reaches of the Minnesota River.
By Tom Cherveny , October 26, 2009
Conservation Calendar
Sibley State Park
By Tribune Sports , October 24, 2009
Late harvest has made for a slow start to waterfowl, pheasant seasons
WILLMAR — Area hunters are hoping for better days ahead after experiencing disappointing starts to both the waterfowl and pheasant seasons.
By Tom Cherveny , October 24, 2009
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OUR VOICES Bob's cabin
On Saturday night as I wiggled into the big, overstuffed bed, I kicked the blankets around a bit to warm them up and sank back into the pile of fluffy pillows that give you the feeling that you were sinking into a bank of clouds. Just to the left and over my shoulder I could faintly
Posted by: Devlyn Brooks on Sep 28, 2009 at 1:24 PM | Stop Looking At Your Brother ...OUR VOICES Outdoors funding meetings set
A committee that recommends how to spend sales tax money on outdoors projects plans a series of meetings to hear from conservation professionals and the general public. The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council must annually recommend how to spend millions of dollars raised from a sales tax increas
Posted by: Don Davis on Jul 29, 2009 at 3:37 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Green, green, it's green they say
Mike Kilgore
Mike Kilgore says the green Minnesotans pay in a higher tax beginning Wednesday will mean a greener Minnesota in a year.
Minnesota forests will stay green, prairies wil
OUR VOICES Passing on an ol' family tradition
Whomever first said it is a relaxing getaway to take your kids fishing must have worked as a public relations hack at Rapala, or some other tackle or fishing rod maker. ... Oh, sure, I enjoy fishing and I certainly enjoy being with my kids, but the jury is still out on whether I enjoy fish
Posted by: Devlyn Brooks on Jun 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM | Stop Looking At Your Brother ...Early fishing season cold water danger
Sometimes it’s a canoeist or kayaker who capsizes a watercraft. Other times it’s an early-season angler who falls overboard or swims to retrieve a boat drifting away from a boat landing. Or it could be a playful child who tumbles into a lake or stream. If they aren’t wearing a lif
Posted by: NorthlandOutdoors.com on May 21, 2009 at 9:27 AM | Northland OutdoorsDNR looking for volunteers to help with loon survey
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for about two dozen volunteers to help monitor the loon population in Becker and Otter Tail counties in northwestern Min
OUR VOICES Old familiar friend
"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'" - Peter Maher, Canadian marathon runner Bundled up in winter running gear, including a thin bavaclava, I set out Saturday to explore one of the
Posted by: RunningSpud on May 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM | Addicted to runningDNR pilot honored for law enforcement and conservation efforts
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Capt. Mike Trenholm was named Safari Club International’s (SCI) 2009 Conservation Officer of the Year during a recent meeting in Washington, D.C. “You have been a true champion for law enforcement as well as conservation in Minnesota, and
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