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Outdoors: DNR night flights combat illegal shining, poaching

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using its team of conservation officer pilots to identify shiners and other lawbreakers. "We fly at an altitude that allows us to...

outdoors Sat, Nov 12, 2011 - 12:00am

Outdoors: Minnesota's opening weekend deer harvest off slightly from 2010

High winds. Low harvest. That's that story at the start of this year's firearms deer hunting season, which opened Saturday, Nov. 5. Lou Cornicelli, wildlife research manager for the Minnesota...

outdoors Sat, Nov 12, 2011 - 12:00am

Outdoors: Deaths reinforce need for tree stand safety

With the firearm deer season underway, the Minnesota Department of Resources (DNR) urges hunters to take precautions that avoid crippling or fatal injuries when using tree stands. Three Minnesota deer...

outdoors Sat, Nov 12, 2011 - 12:00am

Registration ends today for rain garden workshop in Spicer, Minn.

SPICER -- The Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District will be hosting a rain garden workshop at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, rural Spicer. Participants will...

news / outdoors / region Fri, Nov 11, 2011 - 9:01am

Snowmobile safety training test set for Nov 19 by WCER

Snowmobile Safety Training Test Day will be held 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 19 at the Willmar Middle School. The class is for youth 11-15 Printed CD certification form...

sports / outdoors Wed, Nov 09, 2011 - 12:00am

Kandiyohi Co. lake levels drop in an extremely vigorous return to normal levels

SPICER -- Water levels swelled to near record peaks in Kandiyohi and surrounding counties this summer, inflicting significant damage to lake shorelines and ditch banks. At its peak on Aug...

news / outdoors Fri, Nov 04, 2011 - 12:00am

Not since the drought year of 1988 has virtually 100 percent of the corn been removed from the landscape at the start of deer hunting season. Tribune photo

DNR predicts deer firearm season will be a good one

WILLMAR -- All the stars are aligned to make the 2011 deer firearm season a big one. "In a nutshell, it's looking really good,'' said Jeff Miller, assistant wildlife director...

news / outdoors Fri, Nov 04, 2011 - 12:00am

Vernon Jahns, 88, grew up near Carlton Lake. He and his wife, Audrey, acquired the property surrounding the lake and built their home on its shores in 1984. The couple has never seen a white coating on the granite outcrops that surround the lake as has occurred this year, leading them to find a cause. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Chippewa County, Minn., resident looks to solve mystery of Carlton Lake

MONTEVIDEO -- Carlton Lake was his favorite swimming hole as a kid, became his prime duck hunting spot as an adult, and since 1984, it's been his home. As Vernon...

news / outdoors / life Fri, Nov 04, 2011 - 12:00am

A trumpeter swan, like these two pictured in this undated photo, was found dead in northern Kandiyohi County. The swan is on the protected species list. AP Photo

DNR officer out to catch trumpeter swan killer

COLFAX TOWNSHIP -- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Jim Steffen is looking for the person who shot and killed a trumpeter swan in the northern part of Kandiyohi...

news / outdoors Thu, Nov 03, 2011 - 12:00am

Trumpeter swans such as these are protected. One was found dead in Kandiyohi County, and authorities are trying to apprehend the culprit. (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources photo)

DNR officer out to catch trumpeter swan killer in Kandiyohi County, Minn.

COLFAX TOWNSHIP -- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Jim Steffen is looking for the person who shot and killed a trumpeter swan in the northern part of Kandiyohi...

news / local / outdoors Wed, Nov 02, 2011 - 10:59am

The Kandiyohi County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a utility fee at county parks, which have lost more than $20,000 a year during the past decade. Tribune file photo

Kandiyohi County implements new utility fees to reduce financial losses at parks

WILLMAR -- A new utility fee that will be implemented next year at Kandiyohi County parks will help reduce financial losses the county incurs by operating the park system. The...

news / business / outdoors Wed, Nov 02, 2011 - 12:00am

Minnesota firearms deer season opens Saturday

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota's firearms deer season opens Saturday, and wildlife managers say it should be a good one. Minnesota's white tail deer population is about 1 million...

news / state / outdoors Mon, Oct 31, 2011 - 9:08am

Loss of CRP land could mean loss of pheasants

By Brian Hansel Wadena Pioneer Journal It's just a hunch, but maybe a person does not need a crystal ball to see into the future. Common sense can be a...

outdoors Sat, Oct 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Walter Scott: Remember there are good times to leave the binoculars at home

Most shots with a bow are taken at thirty yards or less. If a hunter is desperate, or the biggest buck they have ever seen, some people will take a...

outdoors Sat, Oct 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Middle Fork watershed to host rain garden workshop

SPICER -- The Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District (MFCRWD) will be hosting a rain garden workshop from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning...

outdoors Sat, Oct 29, 2011 - 12:00am

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