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It isn't uncommon to observe wildlife while taking my evening walk with my dog, Duke, on the township road I live beside. Lately I've seen wild turkeys, but I've also...

The end of the summer tourist season does not mean the open-water fishing season is done. Many local anglers continue to fish through October if the weather stays decent. Most...

Three summers ago I added a new wildlife-related structure to my ever-growing collection of bluebird, house wren, wood duck and kestrel houses and other nesting structures. I installed a bat...

Labor Day represents the last big weekend of summer for many visitors to the Bemidji area. The majority of schools and colleges across the country will be in session by...

Reviews of existing or newly proposed experimental fishing regulations on Minnesota waters will be the subject of 11 open house public meetings being conducted across the state in the coming...

One of the most fascinating of our summertime birds is the zip-zip-zipping little ruby-throated hummingbird. Easily attracted to our homes by filling special hummingbird feeders with sweet sugar-water and hanging...

Surface water temperatures in the Bemidji area are getting close to the 70-degree mark, which is the point when fall patterns start to take hold of the lakes. The change...

There are subtle and not-so-subtle signs out there that autumn's a'coming. You might have noticed a slight change in temperature - the daily highs are not as high and the...

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - A 10-year-old Montana boy fishing with a rubber worm caught a largemouth bass that state wildlife officials say could be nearly twice as old as he...

There is no way to know if the cooler weather this past week is the beginning of the fall-like weather or if there is more hot weather coming that will...

I was again fortunate to live another year longer in order to experience a joyful, eight-day paddle into the heart of Minnesota's Canoe Country -- the Boundary Waters Canoe Area...

The "dog days of summer" are here with surface water temperatures in the high 70s and most species of fish choosing to feed only when they can feed most comfortably...

While visiting a friend's rural home in the Alida area recently, I was treated to the sight of the only two seasonal "blue" songbirds that I can readily think of...

The hot weather continues in the Bemidji area, with surface water temperatures in the upper 70s in most lakes.

Muskie guide Dustin Carlson of Duluth has seen a lot of big muskies. But none of them measure up to one of near world-record proportions that his uncle caught aboard...