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Asian carp swim in an exhibit at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. AP Photo/M. Spencer Geen, File

Brass says the time is here for Minnesota to stop Asian carp

ST. PAUL -- Fast-growing and destructive Asian carp could take over Minnesota streams and lakes if the federal government does not act soon, a U.S. senator, the state attorney general...

news / local / region / outdoors Tue, Jul 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Designing a dock over and over again

The nice thing about owning a private lake is being able to do whatever a person wants to do whenever they want to do it. The disadvantage of a private...

outdoors Sat, Jul 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Conservation Calendar

Weekly/monthly M1 Garand Shoot -- The Willmar Rifle and Pistol Club will hold an M1 Garand Shoot Aug. 3 at the Eagle Lake Rifle Range, starting at 6:30 p.m. The...

outdoors Sat, Jul 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Lake Hassel, north of Benson on state Highway 29, is a 706-acre shallow lake that was designated as a wildlife lake by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in May 1986. Tribune photo by T.J. Bartelt

Designated wildlife lakes managed to provide habitat for ducks, geese

Lakes are for fishing and boating, right? Not always. Forty-four lakes in the state of Minnesota are Designated Wildlife Lakes. While they still may allow fishing and some other recreational...

outdoors Sat, Jul 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Dr. Dean Lindquist, D.D.S., explores the waters of Florida Lake in a cedar strip kayak he crafted of his own hand. He enrolled in a boat building class offered by Ted Moores of Bear Mountain Boats, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Hand-crafted kayaks lead to music of the outdoors

LAKE FLORIDA -- Dr. Dean Lindquist, D.D.S., traveled hundreds of miles to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, to learn how to make a hand-held planer sing. Now he plies the waters of...

sports / outdoors / local / region Sat, Jul 17, 2010 - 12:00am

This cream can was among the debris that divers pulled from the depths of Green Lake as part of the second annual underwater recovery hosted by Let's Go Fishing with Seniors Minnesota. The Willmar chapter offers the cleanup as a way to give back to the lake that offers it so much, said organizer Joe Holm. Submitted photo

Green Lake divers give back

SPICER -- Scuba divers returned to the depths of Green Lake for a second year as part of the commitment by Let's Go Fishing with Seniors Minnesota to give back...

outdoors Sat, Jul 10, 2010 - 12:00am

It's summer time and living is easy

ife, for the deer, is pretty easy during the summer. All the grazing and browsing they could want is within easy reach. There are even special treats, such as corn...

outdoors Sat, Jul 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Conservation Calendar

Weekly/monthly M1 Garand Shoot -- The Willmar Rifle and Pistol Club will hold an M1 Garand Shoot Aug. 3 at the Eagle Lake Rifle Range, starting at 6:30 p.m. The...

outdoors Sat, Jul 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Every cloud has a silver lining

For the last month and a half, it has rained at least every other day. Forty days and forty nights do not count, I guess, if they are not consecutive...

outdoors Sat, Jul 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Conservation Calendar

Weekly/monthly M1 Garand Shoot -- The Willmar Rifle and Pistol Club will hold an M1 Garand Shoot July 6 and Aug. 3 at the Eagle Lake Rifle Range, starting at...

outdoors Sat, Jul 03, 2010 - 12:00am

The Lakeview Campground at Sibley State Park was nearly full with campers and tents Thursday before the Fourth of July weekend. Most empty campsites had reservation notes attached. Tribune photos by T.J. Bartelt

Ready for camping action

NEW LONDON -- Everybody prepares for the Fourth of July weekend. Plans need to be made, things need to be packed and all the little things need to be remembered...

outdoors / state Sat, Jul 03, 2010 - 12:00am

A group of friends board a canoe Wednesday at the Mill Pond in New London for a ride to Rodvick Park. The canoe was donated by Charles and Marjorie Dickman to the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center. The group planned to have a picnic at Rodvick Park as long as, in the words of the center's Ryan Block, "the duct tape holds" on the canoe. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Hope 'the duct tape holds'

news / local / region / outdoors Thu, Jul 01, 2010 - 12:00am

Conservation Calendar

Events Youth ATV Safety Training -- The Renville County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be holding an Youth ATV Safety Training event at...

outdoors Sat, Jun 26, 2010 - 12:00am

It is not always good to share

or some reason, I have recently been inundated with requests for the formula to remove skunk smell from dogs. Skunks must be moving their young and running into dogs in...

outdoors Sat, Jun 26, 2010 - 12:00am

Lots of support opens trips to many

MONTEVIDEO -- Richard "Butch" Halterman purposely makes the annual river trips as economical as possible so that all students who want to participate can do so. He said community support...

outdoors Sat, Jun 26, 2010 - 12:00am

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