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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board held an emergency meeting Friday morning to act on a request from some state lawmakers to hold a state wolf hunting season yet this winter. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 1pm

Wolf supporters file lawsuit to block delisting

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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

Plow trucks work on the Northwest Angle Guest Ice road earlier this week on Lake of the Woods. (Photo courtesy of Teri Alsleben, Points North Services)

Northland Outdoors Jan 9th 2021 - 10am

Dokken: Winter road to Northwest Angle should be ready within a week, plow truck driver says

Adam Mushitz of Mushitz Ringnecks hunting lodge in rural Geddes, stands next to the pheasant pen near the hunting lodge. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Northland Outdoors Jan 9th 2021 - 5am

All about the pheasants with Mushitz family in Geddes

Chad Koel explains how he's using lighted lures to catch more walleyes.

Northland Outdoors Jan 7th 2021 - 6pm

Lighted lures catching on as walleye presentations

Bear Creek Regional Park volunteer Lynn Wilson leads Jewyl Newton, Joy Eloi, Ashanta Cyprian, Jan Garduno, Jessica Newton and recreation coordinator Theresa Odello on a hike in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Oct. 24, 2020. Kevin Mohatt for KHN

Northland Outdoors Jan 6th 2021 - 12pm

Black women find healing (but sometimes racism, too) in the outdoors

After riding his recumbent bike on to the ice, Andy Cairns fishes Tuesday, Dec. 29, on Rice Lake in Brainerd. Cairns wanted to approach ice fishing from a very frugal perspective. He gathered several long sticks and a discarded construction tarp for his ice fishing hut. He is working on an inexpensive heat source this weekend. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch

Northland Outdoors Jan 5th 2021 - 6pm

Minnesota ice angler uses unique low-tech approach, including his bike

A Polaris Ranger side-by-side, owned by Bob Hildebrant, 94, of Alexandria, went through the ice on Christmas Day. According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the thin ice area was marked by the Douglas County Dive Team. Hildebrandt was uninjured during the incident. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 5th 2021 - 11am

Minnesota man, 94, recounts falling through ice into cold lake

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

Northland Outdoors Jan 5th 2021 - 10am

Old Minnesota wolf rules on livestock, pet attacks back in effect

Featuring nearly nine miles of multi-use trails, Movil Maze Recreation Area showcases variations in scenery and topography as visitors make their way through its 913-acres. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

Northland Outdoors Jan 3rd 2021 - 10am

913 acres in northern Minnesota bring out the fun in just about everything

Gary Rutherford of Pengilly, Minn., is pictured in January 2019 using a remote control to change the direction of an underwater camera in his fish house. Rutherford was using three different cameras and three big screen television monitors to keep an eye on northern pike in Blue Lake near Nashwauk. John Myers / Forum News Service

Northland Outdoors Jan 2nd 2021 - 7pm

As ice fishing gets easier because of technology, can fish withstand the onslaught?

Emily Ford of Duluth and Diggins' get ready for a recent practice hike for her 1,200-mile winter journey across Wisconsin on the Ice Age Trail. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors Jan 2nd 2021 - 11am

Minnesota woman begins 70-day solo hiking trek on Wisconsin trail. She's bringing a high-energy companion

Whether in the U.S. or on a remote lake in northwestern Ontario, the setting for this photo, time outdoors will continue to be time well-spent in 2021. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Jan 2nd 2021 - 10am

Brad Dokken: Guarded optimism — and yes, a bit of pessimism — greet the new year

A black bear wanders into view in this screenshot from a Voyageurs Wolf Project video. Researchers captured in a year of video an active beaver dam near Lake Kabetogama just south of Voyageurs National Park. (Courtesy of Voyageurs Wolf Project)

Northland Outdoors Dec 31st 2020 - 8am

A year on a beaver dam: Video captures remarkable diversity of wildlife in one spot

Squirrels are one of a handful of creatures that have adapted to harsh winter conditions, a variety of traits and habits enable them to live in Minnesota all year long. Pixabay photo.

Northland Outdoors Dec 30th 2020 - 6pm

Column: How do animals survive winter in northern Minnesota?

Ticks and other parasites are behind much of the decline in moose populations. Dreamstime / TNS

Northland Outdoors Dec 30th 2020 - 11am

What's killing Idaho moose? In many cases, infestations of ticks and other parasites

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