Outdoors

I remember the very first black-backed woodpecker I ever observed. It was the summer of 1995 in Itasca State Park where the late Ben Thoma, a well-known naturalist at the park, pointed to a tree near the east entrance and told me what had made a particular cavity in tall jack pine...

BEMIDJI -- Bemidji's Sanford Center will host the Outdoor Sports Show Friday and Saturday. The event runs 3 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. The show will feature the newest models of boats, ATVs, ice fishing houses, docks, pontoons, guns...

One thing we take for granted in the frozen north are frozen lakes. What percent of the people in the world do you think have never stood on an ice-covered lake? Eighty percent, 90 percent, I'm sure the percentage is high. How about you? I began to appreciate the wonder and beauty...

BEMIDJI -- Starting Jan. 23, walleye regulations will become more restrictive on Upper Red Lake because of a record December walleye harvest, according to a release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The daily bag and possession limit will be two walleye, and anglers...

BEMIDJI -- The outdoor skating rinks and warming houses in Bemidji will open at 1 p.m. today at both Nymore and City Park. The City Park warming house is located at 1224 23rd St. NW and the Nymore warming house is located at 423 Wilson Ave. SE. Both have a hockey and pleasure rink....

One afternoon many years ago, a University of North Dakota professor of mine asked me what my thoughts were on people's notions about their sense of home.

On any given day at my house, I can look through my windows and enjoy watching birds feeding on suet and black oil sunflower seeds. I observe the usual assortment of wintertime birds as most everyone else in northern Minnesota enjoys seeing — chickadees, nuthatches, blue jays, downy...