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    July 14, 2017
    A leopard cub nurses from a lioness known as Nosikitok in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Courtesy of Panthera.
    Awww. A wild lioness is photographed nursing a baby leopard.
    Luke Hunter, president and chief conservation officer of the global wild cat organization Panthera, received an email this week from one of his...
    NewsJuly 14, 2017 - 8:53am
    July 10, 2017
    A male ruffed grouse drums on its drumming log in the Cloquet, Minn., area. Sean Hall photo
    Minnesota ruffed grouse drumming counts up dramatically
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota's ruffed grouse drumming counts were up 57 percent statewide compared to last year, an almost unheard of year-to-year...
    sportsJuly 10, 2017 - 6:56pm
    A timber rattlesnake is shown in this photo. A timer rattlesnake was discovered in front of a Red Wing, Minn., family's home in June. Courtesy photo/ Brittany Hauser
    Unexpected visitor: Timber rattlesnake finds its way to Minn. family's front steps
    RED WING, Minn. — Walking down your front steps is an uneventful activity, but when a rattlesnake impedes the path, that quickly changes....
    NewsJuly 10, 2017 - 8:51am
    July 9, 2017
    Joel Huener of Middle River, Minn., shows off this detailed brown trout carving that replicates the largest brown trout he's caught on a fly. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
    Decoy carver gives wood a lifelike touch
    MIDDLE RIVER, Minn.—Joel Huener says he's always been "kind of a rabid do-it-yourselfer," a trait that also rubbed off on his hunting and...
    sportsJuly 9, 2017 - 12:19pm
    After fishing his way downstream on Wisconsin's Brule River, Duluth's David Zentner paddles back upstream. Zentner, a fly-fisher, often fishes the Brule for trout.
    Hallowed 'Hex' hatch holds deeper meaning for some trout anglers
    Among fly fishers, the words are spoken with a kind of reverence. "The Hex hatch." Duluth fly-fisher Dave Zentner, 80, has been chasing the hatch...
    NewsJuly 9, 2017 - 9:00am
    July 8, 2017
    Tom Cherveny | Tribune The Veterans Conservation Corps built the Cedar Hill stone staircase near the beach at Sibley State Park.
    Building a legacy with bare hands: Conservation Corps Company 1785 shaped Sibley State Park
    NEW LONDON - The men who built Sibley State Park had survived the trenches of World War I, but fell victim to the Great Depression. They lost...
    Life/outdoorsJuly 8, 2017 - 8:07am
    July 7, 2017
    Sam Cook, outdoors reporter
    At the river, in the dark, carrying on -- barely
    Deep dusk had settled over the valley of Wisconsin's Brule River. Phyllis and I had put our aging Old Town Tripper canoe in the river 10 miles...
    sportsJuly 7, 2017 - 11:09am
    July 6, 2017
    Submitted Brad Carlson with the state Department of Natural Resources' Spicer fisheries crew netted this American eel in Cottonwood Lake in Lyon County while conducting a routine fish survey in the shallow lake located miles from the Minnesota River.
    American eel found in southwest Minn. lake
    COTTONWOOD — An unusual catch turned up in a Lyon County lake, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. DNR fisheries...
    News/regionJuly 6, 2017 - 11:15pm
    Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton fishes Big Sandy Lake north of McGregor, MN Saturday morning. With temperatures in the 30's, the governor was able to catch a walleye, crappie and two perch. The 69th Annual Minnesota Governor's Fishing opener was based at Big Sandy Lake Resort and Lodge. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
    No room for Gov. Dayton at the inn, but plenty of room for fish
    ST. PAUL — innesota Gov. Mark Dayton could not land a motel room for his Saturday, July 9 fishing trip, but he hopes to reel in a bass....
    NewsJuly 6, 2017 - 7:25pm
    July 3, 2017
    Tribune file photo State Sen. Andrew Lang is the parks director for Renville County. He worked with a Minnesota Conservation Corps crew on a project with Clean Water Land and Legacy funding to improve Renville County's Beaver Falls park shown in this Tribune file photo. He was recently appointed to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.
    Lang gets call to Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council
    OLIVIA — State Sen. Andrew Lang will have a voice at the table as millions of dollars are awarded for projects benefitting Minnesota's...
    News/regionJuly 3, 2017 - 6:08am
    July 2, 2017
    Joe Harris, left, and Dave Youngbauer, both of St. Paul, pose with a 29-inch walleye they landed Friday, May 19, 2017. Harris reeled in the fish, which was attached to a rod, held by Youngbauer, that Youngbauer had snagged. The rod belonged to Al Stint. Five days earlier, Stint was reaching for a beverage in his boat when the rod flew over the side. (Courtesy of Joe Harris)
    Fish tales: How it took 5 days and 3 guys to land a 29-inch walleye
    ROUND LAKE, Minn. — Al Pint set his fishing rod down in the bow of the boat and reached back for an adult beverage, and when he glanced...
    NewsJuly 2, 2017 - 6:34pm
    The 'Pink Lady' fishing device helps anglers troll their lures deep in the water column. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Passing it on: Sharing the magic of the 'Pink Lady'
    We were making our last portage on a recent canoe trip when we saw a procession of folks coming toward us. The party was coming from a parking...
    sportsJuly 2, 2017 - 8:59am
    June 30, 2017
    Tom Cherveny / Tribune A male, eastern forktail dragonfly caught by the volunteers with the Minnesota Dragonfly Society during a bioblitz in June at Swedes Forest Scientific and Natural Area. play button
    Odd-named creatures thrive in amazing landscape of Swedes Forest
    SWEDES FOREST — Everyone came looking to meet up with some odd-named characters, and found them. It's the five-lined skink, aka "blue devil,''...
    News/regionJune 30, 2017 - 8:37pm
    June 29, 2017
    Up close shot using a Go-Pro camera of a 600-lb Mako shark caught by Tom Barta off the coast of Santa Catalina Island, Calif., on June 15, 2017. (Courtesy of World Class Shark Fishing)play button
    Fishing for sharks off California coast experience of a lifetime
    OFF SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. — I am not a fisherman. So what the heck was I doing on a 30-foot fishing boat 30 miles from the California...
    sportsJune 29, 2017 - 7:15pm
    Gary Gilbert, 55, of Becker, Minn., hoists a 59 1/2-inch muskie he found floating dead on Lake Mille Lacs June 17, 2017. Had the fish been caught alive, it likely would have set the state record for catch-and-release muskies, which are measured by length. The current record is 56 7/8 inches, set in 2016 on Pelican Lake in Otter Tail County. (Courtesy of Gary Gilbert)
    Monster muskie found floating would have broken MN state record had it been caught alive
    As Gary Gilbert began lifting the thing out of the water, he couldn't believe its size. "It just kept coming and coming," said Gilbert. Gilbert...
    NewsJune 29, 2017 - 4:24pm
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