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John Alexander Kay (left) and John Heino photograph birds at Sax-Zim Bog recently. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 7pm

The boreal birds are back at a Minnesota bog, including great gray owls

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The lead dogs of John Beargrease racer Erin Schouweiler’s team set the pace early in the Beargrease mid-distance race in January. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 2pm

Despite low snow trail conditions, Beargrease board votes to go

A large bull moose runs through the snow near Swamp River in Cook County during January's aerial moose survey of Northeastern Minnesota. Moose numbers have remained relatively stable in recent years but are still far below numbers of a decade ago and show no signs of improving. Photo by Mike Schrage.

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 2pm

Minnesota moose survey canceled for 2021

Chronic wasting disease is a threat to deer, elk and moose. (North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 1pm

18 more deer test positive for chronic wasting disease in North Dakota

The Superior National Forest posted this photo to Facebook on July 20, 2020, as part of a series of photos highlighting what not to do in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It highlights an incident on the BWCAW's West Pike Lake in which a tree was cut down. It is illegal to damage any living plant in the Boundary Waters wilderness area, or to cut live trees for firewood. Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 12pm

After increase in litter and damage, Boundary Waters officials step up education efforts

Lula King, 8, of East Grand Forks, gets a hand from her dad, Jeremy, after catching a 40-inch northern pike Saturday, Jan. 16, on Lake of the Woods. Sullivan King (left) and Cole King also shared in the excitement. The big pike was released after a quick photo.

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 10am

Watch 8-year-old Lula King reel in a 40-inch northern pike on Lake of the Woods

Ben Saarion (left) and Jon Kuznia hold up a 50-inch muskie that they teamed up to land through the ice while fishing on Lake Charley near Alexandria, MN in Douglas County. The fish grabbed hold of the transducer on the Vexilar sonar unit they were using to help catch sunfish on the morning of Jan. 16.

Northland Outdoors Jan 19th 2021 - 4pm

Giant muskie pulled through the ice from unexpected Minnesota lake in most unusual of ways

Tamarack Island Wilderness Lodge is located on one of the 14,000 islands on the Ontario portin of Lake of the Woods. (Tamarck Island Lodge photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 18th 2021 - 7am

Ontario resorts brace for possible second summer without US guests

Nate Nordstrom plans to feature electric-assist bicycles when he opens New Spin Bicycle Ship in Rochester in March. Nordstrom will become one of a growing number of E-bike dealers across the state. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 17th 2021 - 8am

Popularity of E-bikes spreading across Minnesota

Logan Hellman, 18, of Dickinson, smiles proudly with his 19-pound catch from a northern pike Monday afternoon in Dunn County. (Photo courtesy of Craig Putala)

Northland Outdoors Jan 17th 2021 - 8am

Warmer weather spurs increase in ice anglers

North Dakota State University researcher Alec Lackmann with a large bigmouth buffalo that was part of a study showing the fish is one of the oldest-living freshwater species in the world. Lackmann's research found one bigmouth buffalo that was 112 years old and many older than 80 years. (Photo courtesty of Alec Lackmann / NDSU)

Northland Outdoors Jan 16th 2021 - 2pm

Minnesota's river restorations benefitting 'one of the most exceptional fish in the world'

Snowmobile and ATV tracks in the Grand Forks Greenway are apparent after an early January snowfall. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Jan 16th 2021 - 10am

Dokken: Following the rules will improve Greenway experience for all

The Minnesota DNR is overseeing a project this winter to remove the old, damaged dam on the Willow River that crated 87-acre Lake Stanton reservoir before it was breached in a 2016 flood. The dam is being replaced with a series of rock rapids, like the ones seen here, which should allow the reservoir to refill close to its previous level but also allow passage of fish and mussels upstream. (Minnesota DNR photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 15th 2021 - 2pm

Rock rapids taking the place of 1939-era Willow River dam

A doe stands at attention over a turkey decoy in an open field on a spring morning in 2020. This area of predominantly open agriculture in southwestern Minnesota is in the shotgun-only zone for firearms deer season. Legislation has been introduced for a second straight year to eliminate the shotgun-only zone in Minnesota and allow the use of rifles statewide to take deer during the regular firearms season. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

Northland Outdoors Jan 15th 2021 - 10am

After gaining some steam in 2020, legislation returns to remove shotgun-only zone for Minnesota deer hunters

The Minnesota DNR reminds state residents that, after federal wolf protections ended Monday, exisiting state laws have kicked in that allow people to kill wolves found to be attacking livestock or pets. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 1pm

Wolf supporters file lawsuit to block delisting

Minnesota's newest critical habitat license plate depicts a bee and butterflies. (Photo courtesy Minnesota DNR)

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 12pm

Pollinator license plates finally available in Minnesota

Last winter Mille Lacs registered more than 3 million angler hours of pressure, a record, according to Department of Natural Resources estimates. Brian Anderson / Star Tribune / TNS

Northland Outdoors Jan 13th 2021 - 7pm

Column: Popularity of winter angling places pressure on productive walleye lakes

Mike Frisch used an ice jigging rod to land this winter walleye. A jigging approach utilizing the right rod can put more winter fish on the ice. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 13th 2021 - 2pm

Mike Frisch: Rods have come a long way to help put more fish on the ice

The Minnesota DNR was able to stock yearling and fingerling-sized walleyes into lakes in 2020, but at lower levels than most years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the DNR to cancel its egg-taking program in the spring of 2020. (Forum News Service file photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 13th 2021 - 10am

Minnesota fish-stocking efforts take a hit in 2020 due to pandemic

Delta Waterfowl hen houses have been shown to improve duck nesting success, the conservation group says. (Photo/ Delta Waterfowl)

Northland Outdoors Jan 12th 2021 - 7pm

Delta Waterfowl to double its duck nesting houses in North Dakota

Minnesota duck hunters Max McAthie, left, and Joe Brinkman pick up decoys after a morning hunt on Fish Lake near Duluth in 2019. The Minnesota DNR is proposing several changes to waterfowl regulations and wants publc comments by Jan. 31. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors Jan 12th 2021 - 10am

Early teal season, end to 4 p.m. closing among DNR waterfowl hunting proposals

A family prepares among dozens of other anglers for an ice fishing tournament in Grand Forks in 2016. Forum News Service file photo

Northland Outdoors Jan 12th 2021 - 7am

If you're new to ice fishing, here's some tips for our popular pastime

Jake Alvord, member of the Douglas County Water Rescue and Recovery Team, uses ice picks to get himself out of the water during a recent training on North Union Lake. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)

Northland Outdoors Jan 10th 2021 - 8am

Deputies join training for ice rescues in central Minnesota county

The cow elk Jason Laumb shot Thursday, Dec. 31, on the final afternoon of North Dakota's 2020 elk season, produced about 75 pounds of burger, along with another 60 to 70 pounds of steaks and roasts. Laumb, who spent 15 days in the field to fill his tag, did his own processing of the elk. (Photo courtesy of Jason Laumb)

Northland Outdoors Jan 9th 2021 - 3pm

Persistence pays off for North Dakota hunter during once-in-a-lifetime elk hunt

Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department

Northland Outdoors Jan 9th 2021 - 11am

North Dakota considers legalizing fluorescent pink garments for hunters

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