Outdoors

SPICER — Equipped with a long, white plankton sieve, plastic bottles and rubb ing alcohol, Nick Brown and his summer intern, Alex Ipsen, collected two murky samples of Green Lake water Thursday in search of veligers, the microscopic larvae of zebra mussels. Since an adult zebra...

SPICER –– To look at it, the one tiny zebra mussel that was found on a dock on the southeast side of Green Lake on Monday isn’t much to look at. After being passed around a few times and stored in a baggie with a bit of water, the adult zebra mussel –– most likely dead...

SPICER — A report than an adult zebra mussel was found on a dock post on the southeast side of Green Lake is being investigated by the Minnesota...

WILLMAR — A special program is set Wednesday morning to honor the late Dorothy Olson whose financial gift a decade ago made possible her dream of having a family-centered aquatic facility in Willmar. The $1.2 million gift, along with contributions from the city of Willmar and Willmar...

ST. PAUL — The moose population in northern Minnesota’s forests is dwindling, but a tax that voters raised in 2008 could help save the giants. “All of us came together on this project, Minnesota Moose Collaborative, to do what we know would work for one element to improve the...

SIBLEY STATE PARK — Bennett Schwartz has not been invited to the Home Run Derby at Target Field, but at Sibley State Park he proved he could swing a butterfly net like a major league pro. On Thursday he was snagging dragonflies zipping by like speed balls fired by Aroldis Chapman. Bennett...

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials said Thursday that they are finding too many boaters who are not taking required steps to prevent spreading aquatic invasive species. The DNR reported that watercraft inspectors working at public water access points this summer...

SPICER — What is believed to be a one-of-a-kind partnership is taking aim at zebra mussels to keep them from the waters of Kandiyohi County. A newly acquired, $18,000 power washer will be available and staffed to decontaminate watercraft at the Saulsbury Park access to Green Lake...