The order is being lifted in accordance with the state of Minnesota guidelines that went into effect on May 7. The removal of limiting group size includes outdoor events, gatherings, recreation activities and group campsites in the national forest.
BEMIDJI -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has begun reopening its campgrounds at state parks, state forests and recreation areas in a phased approach that began Monday, June 1.
CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST -- Jens Heig first checked the tail and rump feathers of the smallish grouse, then checked the edges of the wing feathers. It was a juvenile bird, he concluded, a female. Then he dug into the crop, just to see what the bi...
SOUTH OF BALL CLUB, Minn. -- In the woods of the Chippewa National Forest, with the late morning sun shining through mostly leafless trees, a beam of light enveloped an English setter named Tyler that was frozen on point.
CASS LAKE, Minn. - A woman hiking in the Chippewa National Forest in north central Minnesota Saturday, Dec. 2 captured a rare sighting of a Canada lynx.Linda Palcich saw the lynx in the Sugar Bush area of the forest and submitted the photo to the...
BEMIDJI, Minn. - A total of 40 acres of land off Leech Lake is officially part of the Chippewa National Forest.The nonprofit Trust for Public Land announced on Monday that a quarter-mile square on Stony Point now is officially owned by the United...
WASHINGTON - A Congressman from Utah wants to eliminate hundreds of federal police officers who patrol millions of acres of America's national forests and grasslands, but some groups are fighting back.Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz introduced the...
On the Chippewa National Forest - Researchers from the U.S. Forest Service are trying to find ways to save northern Minnesota from the emerald ash borer, a tiny pest with a voracious appetite.
CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST -- Taking down a tree in logging country is nothing out of the ordinary. But this is no ordinary tree. On Wednesday, about 500 people traveled into the Chippewa National Forest to watch the cutting of the U.S. Capitol Chr...
