OUTDOORS
DNR seeks comment in Finland area
Residents interested in learning about or commenting on Minnesota Department of Natural Resources strategies for managing Finland area lakes and streams have until March 22 to ask questions or submit comments.March 11, 2010
CRP sign-up
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced that a new Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up will occur in late spring or early summer.March 11, 2010
Mille Lacs limit same
Anglers who fish Lake Mille Lacs during the 2010 fishing season will again be able to keep four walleyes up to 18 inches in length, according to a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources news release.March 11, 2010
New fisheries head
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that Dirk Peterson has been named Chief of Fisheries.March 11, 2010
Fishing license snag
Minnesota fishing licenses remain valid through April 30, but when you buy a new one, you’ll need to present your driver’s license.March 11, 2010
More cost to fish
Minnesota Sen. Satveer Chaudhary, DFL-Fridley, will introduce a bill calling for a $4 increase in Minnesota fishing licenses in 2011 and another $4 increase in 2015.March 11, 2010
Debate is on over keeping some steelhead
A catch-and-release regulation in place for more than a decade has allowed steelhead numbers to rebound on North Shore streams. The question is whether the population has recovered enough to allow anglers to begin keeping steelhead again.
By Sam Cook, Forum Newspapers , March 11, 2010
Two Harbors Curling Club standings: March 12
Two Harbors Curling Club second half standingsMarch 11, 2010
DNR officer reports: March 8
Minnesota DNR conservation officer reports filed March 8.March 11, 2010
Questions for DNR on its trout program 
Some frequently asked questions about rainbow trout management on Lake Superior
March 04, 2010
Trout plan pinched by budget
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is making changes to the way it raises, stocks and manages trout under its statewide trout program.
March 04, 2010
Signs of spring mean steelies season looms
Come April, the long northern Minnesota winter finally parts. North Shore streams surge with snowmelt, their dark waters ricocheting downstream.
By Michael Furtman, Minnesota Conservtion Volunteer , March 04, 2010
Another inline skate race planned
A new athletic event will be added to the Two Harbors spring calendar. North Shore Inline Marathon Executive Director Tara Alfonsi announced last week the launch of a competition for skaters, runners and walkers – the May Day 10K.
March 04, 2010
DNR officer reports: March 5
Minnesota DNR conservation officer reports filed March 1.
March 04, 2010
Gypsie moth hunt widens
Northeastern Minnesota is the central battleground this year in the state’s war against tree-eating gypsy moths.
By Forum Newspapers , February 25, 2010
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Outdoors funding meetings set
A committee that recommends how to spend sales tax money on outdoors projects plans a series of meetings to hear from conservation professionals and the general public. The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council must annually recommend how to spend millions of dollars raised from a sales tax increas
Posted by: Don Davis on Jul 29, 2009 at 3:37 PM | Capitol ChatterJuly 4 BWCAW blowdown
Today the Attic
Green, green, it's green they say
Mike Kilgore
Mike Kilgore says the green Minnesotans pay in a higher tax beginning Wednesday will mean a greener Minnesota in a year.
Minnesota forests will stay green, prairies wil
Fees eyed to help outdoor programs
Higher fees keep could keep spending on outdoors programs from deeper funding cuts. Even with millions of dollars in fee increases, some budgets may shrink rapidly, Minnesota legislators say. For instance, state tax money headed to the Pollution Control Agency would shrink by 19 percent under a fu
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 23, 2009 at 7:27 PM | Capitol ChatterSick birds?
Reports of sick, dying or dead redpolls and pine siskins have been cropping up on the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union's e-mail listserv, and many of those reports are from this area. The experts say the culprit probably is a form of salmonella, and that it's a fairly common thing with these birds at
Posted by: John Lundy on Apr 5, 2009 at 5:32 PM | The Wannabe Birder
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