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A huge hurdle for the installation of the new Paul Bunyan State Trail bridge above Paul Bunyan Drive/Highway 197 is complete as Eagle Construction crews worked overnight to install the 200-foot mid-section. Four sections had to be bolted together before two industrial cranes worked in tandem to set the section in place at 6 a.m. Friday. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Crews connect sections of Paul Bunyan State Trail bridge

A huge hurdle for the installation of the new Paul Bunyan State Trail bridge above Paul Bunyan Drive/Highway 197 is complete as Eagle Construction crews worked overnight to install the...

news / local / outdoors Sat, Jul 14, 2012 - 12:00am

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers sponsors kids fishing derby

FEDERAL DAM - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is sponsoring the 22nd annual Kids Fishing Derby July 21 at the Leech Lake Dam and Recreation Area at Federal Dam...

outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Algae blooms mixed blessing for Bemidji area fishermen

Lakes in the Bemidji area have really "greened-up" in the last week, with a significant algae bloom caused by warm water temperatures and unused fertility in the lakes. Lakes in...

outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Trout Unlimited chapter meets at Benjamin Lake

BLACKDUCK - The summer meeting of the Headwaters Trout Unlimited chapter will be Thursday at the picnic area on Benjamin Lake, seven miles south of Blackduck on County Road 39...

outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

DNR officials finalize wolf season regulations

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) has finalized rules for Minnesota's first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season this fall and winter. There are several changes...

outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Look what I caught

outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Look what I caught

outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Roger Goranson stands next to the 36-inch northern pike he caught during the 2011 Bemidji Fishing Has No Boundaries event. Each year the largest fish caught during the event is mounted by Kelvin Hughes of Buckstop Taxidermy and Goranson's pike was the 2011 winner. With Goranson is Susie Balstad who is on the FHNB committee. This year's event was held June 22-23 and 80 anglers participated. About half of the FHNB anglers were from Bemidji and the majority of the others came from other communities in north...

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outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

House bill eases federal mining regs; Cravaack amendment approved

DULUTH -- The U.S. House Thursday moved to speed up the environmental process for mining projects and to apply those new rules to projects already in the works, such as...

news / outdoors / business Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

A young green heron patiently waits for a meal to come within reach of his perch. The heron was spotted on a pond north of Bemidji. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Green heron waits for food

A young green heron patiently waits for a meal to come within reach of his perch. The heron was spotted on a pond north of Bemidji. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

news / local / outdoors Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 12:00am

A new dragon boat was out cruising Wednesday afternoon on Lake Bemidji. Five enthusiastic paddlers purchased a dragon boat for public use as an educational and training tool. Shown above, members of the First City Paddling Club are Mitch Rautio, Mike Huerbin, John Arenz and Mark Walters. Club member Greg Ramey was not able to join them. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

After record early entry, Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival registration slows

BEMIDJI - With the team registration deadline for the seventh annual Dragon Boat Festival approaching Sunday, organizer Brian Bissonette is hoping teams will register soon to avoid the lowest turnout...

news / local / outdoors / business Thu, Jul 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Jacob Egeland of Crookston caught and released this 28-inch walleye on an area lake. Submitted Photo

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outdoors Wed, Jul 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Shanna Lamare of Santa Monica, Calif., caught these walleyes while fishing a Bemidji area lake with her dad, Norm Carlson of Bemidji. Submitted Photo

Look what I caught

outdoors Wed, Jul 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Faucet snail forces boat harbor closure

LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH - The Chippewa National Forest announced the seasonal closure of the West Winnie Forest Service Campground boat harbor due to an exotic species of snail found at the...

news / outdoors Tue, Jul 10, 2012 - 4:09pm

Prime Time | Cleaning up: Reflections on the July 2 storm

Rain pounded the windows. The wind bent huge oaks, pine and birch horizontal. The air cracked and popped, trees snapped and tumbled, and the lights went out. For several minutes...

news / local / outdoors Tue, Jul 10, 2012 - 12:00am

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