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The Minnesota DNR is seeking watercraft inspector interns for the upcoming boating season. The inspectors are stationed at public accesses on lakes and rivers infested with invasive species such as...

BEMIDJI - Anglers heading onto area lakes must be aware of the special regulations which have been implemented on some of those lakes. In an effort to protect and enhance...

It's no secret to most people that house sparrows, sometimes called English sparrows, are a non-native species of bird originally from Europe. House sparrows have thrived in North America ever...

Lakes in the Bemidji area have been gradually getting warmer but the progress has been painfully slow. Most lakes now have surface water temperatures in the upper 40s to the...

Springtime is one of the best times to observe wildlife, especially birds. Indeed, neo-tropical migrants have been filtering into Minnesota for some time now.

BEMIDJI - The 2012 Bemidji area Take a Kid Fishing event will be June 6 and event officials will hold their first committee meeting 6 p.m. May 10 at the...

The record early spring wasn't as early as it first appeared, at least as far as the lakes are concerned. Water temperatures are the key to how fast the spring...

Several weeks ago, a woman from the Detroit Lakes area told me her husband had found tadpoles in a pond.

I saw my first eastern bluebird, a singing male, the second week of March -- a little earlier than usual. The beautiful bird flew from one backyard perch to another,...

The weather has a big impact on how fast the spawn for the various species of fish progresses in the spring. The cool temperatures right after the ice went out...

ST. PAUL - Now through mid-April, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries staff will be working at lakes and rivers throughout Minnesota on the spring fish egg take to...

BEMIDJI - Area DNR Fisheries officials traditionally manage a walleye egg take station at the creek between Lake Andrusia and Big Lake. This year, however, few walleyes will be running...

I've never observed a mockingbird. Perhaps one day I will. However, I do recall back in 2007 when a friend of mine from rural Bemidji, Sharon Campbell, called to inform...

Open water returned to the Bemidji area this week, with many lakes setting records for earliest ice-out dates. The ice went out on Lake Bemidji on March 28, which beat...

A while ago I wrote something while thinking something else. I had written about the "whirligig" swimming style of the American avocet. Thankfully, Mr. Bob Bellig from the Bemidji area...