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One bobcat sits on the ice of the St. Louis River in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Dec. 16, while two others sit on a dead tree hanging over the shore. Photo by Mike Mayou of Duluth

Northland Outdoors Dec 19th 2020 - 3pm

Duluth photographer's video of 3 bobcats on frozen St. Louis River goes viral

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Some MSAA guidelines include face coverings that must be worn indoors, in lift lines, when loading and unloading lifts, and anytime outdoors where six feet of physical distancing cannot be maintained. (Duluth News Tribune file photo)

Northland Outdoors Dec 19th 2020 - 7am

As Minnesota's ski areas and resorts open, bring your skis and masks

Kaycee, a yellow Labrador retriever owned by Jeff Meyer of Rochester, Minnesota, was caught in a body grip or Conibear trap in 2012 while hunting pheasants in southern Minnesota. Kaycee survived, but 35 dogs have been killed in traps in Minnesota since 2012. (Photo courtesty Jeff Meyer)

Northland Outdoors Dec 18th 2020 - 7pm

After trapping death of his favorite hunting dog, man working to change Minnesota laws

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed suit against the Minnesota DNR for failing to protect threatened lynx forest cats. (News Tribune / file)

Northland Outdoors Dec 18th 2020 - 4pm

Group sues Minnesota DNR for failing to protect lynx

Northland Outdoors Dec 16th 2020 - 6pm

Five pieces of gear before you head out for early ice fishing

No positive cases of Chronic Wasting Disease were detected in the wild deer herd in the West-central CWD surveillance area of deer permit areas 213 and 273 after the regular firearms season. (Courtesy photo / Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

Northland Outdoors Dec 15th 2020 - 9am

No CWD cases found in wild deer herd in west-central Minnesota

Wolf researcher Dave Mech poses with 18 of the moose jawbones he colleded in the winter of 1960 as part of early research on Isle Royale into the predator/prey relationship between wolves and moose. (Photo courtesy University of Minnesota Press)

Northland Outdoors Dec 15th 2020 - 7am

Researcher explains beginnings of Isle Royale wolf-moose study

Zebra mussels have been slowly spreading to lakes in Minnesota, including Lake Maud in Becker County where this photo was taken. Department of Natural Resources officials say efforts to slow the spread of the invasive species have been successful, to some degree, as less than 4% of lakes in the state have been affected so far. (David Samson / Forum News Service)

Northland Outdoors Dec 14th 2020 - 8pm

Minnesota DNR seeks applicants for Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Committee

A deer stops and looks for traffic before crossing near Worthington, Minn., in this 2017 file photo. Tim Middagh / Forum News Service

Northland Outdoors Dec 14th 2020 - 2pm

Minnesotans took home roadkill 1,700 times in 2020

Youths play soccer on the afternoon of Dec. 9 inside the outdoor roller rink/ice skating rink in Worthington's Centennial Park. Grace McGaughey / Special to Forum News Service

Northland Outdoors Dec 13th 2020 - 7pm

Winter recreation opportunities abound in southwestern Minnesota

(Courtesy of Kayla Krasselt Photography)

Small Business Dec 13th 2020 - 6pm

Inventor builds business on keeping kids warm in the snow

David Suda of Grafton, N.D., with the North Dakota record bighorn ram he shot Friday, Oct. 30, the opening day of North Dakota's bighorn sheep season. Suda was one of five North Dakota hunters to draw one of the sought-after tags. (Photo courtesy of David Suda)

Northland Outdoors Dec 12th 2020 - 1pm

Hunter makes most of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shoot ND record bighorn sheep

Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department

Northland Outdoors Dec 12th 2020 - 10am

Dokken: Winter fishing activity begins to heat up across the region

Mike Frisch with a late fall open water walleye. Productive fall fishing spots can yield good early winter fishing too. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Dec 9th 2020 - 2pm

Frisch: Target those fall hot spots during early ice season

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

Northland Outdoors Dec 9th 2020 - 1pm

Special deer hunts planned to limit spread of chronic wasting disease in Minnesota

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has set its tentative 2021 opener dates for various hunting seasons across the state. (Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors Dec 7th 2020 - 7pm

North Dakota Game and Fish Department offers tentative opening dates for 2021 hunting seasons

A prairie phlox a plant not considered to be an indicator species, but one that is typically found in a healthy fen or wet prairie, according to Megan Benage, regional ecologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in New Ulm.
Submitted photo

Northland Outdoors Dec 6th 2020 - 2pm

In a land of many lakes, a rare and unique resource now protected

A snowmobile tour of the Heartland Trail could begin or end near the Fish Hook River crossing between Park Rapids' Red Bridge Park and Hubbard County's Heartland Park. (Courtesy of Butch De La Hunt)

Northland Outdoors Dec 6th 2020 - 9am

Weather, trails, economy all part of Minnesota snowmobiling culture, success

Northland Outdoors Dec 5th 2020 - 4pm

Outdoors Notebook: Pheasant Fest, Quail Classic canceled; Minnesota elk hunters have 89% success; more

Jeb Williams, wildlife chief, North Dakota Game and Fish Department. (Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors Dec 5th 2020 - 10am

Dokken: North Dakota deer hunting success a highlight from virtual Game and Fish board meeting

Jerry Kuklis of Hermantown walks through waist-high native grass, prime pheasant habitat on 240 acres he owns near Bellingham in far western Minnesota. Kuklis named the land Big Jim's Rooster Flats in honor of his father who taught him how to hunt. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors Dec 5th 2020 - 10am

Welcome to Big Jim's Rooster Flats, 240 acres of pheasant hunting fun in western Minnesota

Fisheries crews from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources pull a net in September 2016 on Lake of the Woods near Warroad, Minn., while conducting the annual fall population assessment on the big lake. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Dec 5th 2020 - 9am

Lake of the Woods by the numbers: Annual survey shows drop in walleye abundance, high sauger population

Wade Moffett of Inkster, N.D., with the buck he shot using the .243 he'd given to his grandson, Austin Moffett, years earlier. (Photo courtesy of Austin Moffett)

Northland Outdoors Dec 5th 2020 - 6am

Deer tales: Fargo man shares story of the successful journey taken while hunting with his grandfather

Thousands of anglers fish on Gull Lake's Hole-in-the-Day Bay in a past Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. Echo Journal File Photo

Northland Outdoors Dec 4th 2020 - 12pm

World's largest charitable ice fishing tournament turns virtual on any Minnesota lake

Northland Outdoors Dec 4th 2020 - 8am

A tribute to fishing pioneer Ron Lindner

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