Rydell National Wildlife Refuge is hosting events for children in the area this summer including an introduction to archery day, a fishing day, and an owl pellet dissection seminar starting on Saturday, July 16.
A week ago was the annual Bemidji Area Take A Kid Fishing event. This event has been going on for over 30 years and is a real treat for the kids and all the volunteers.
Small in size and common nearly everywhere, the hooded merganser, or “hoodies” as some affectionately call them, are interesting behaving and looking waterfowl to be sure.
Due to Minnesota’s waterways being extraordinarily busy this holiday weekend, the Minnesota public safety officials are stepping up to keep people safe on the water as a result of Operation Dry Water.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will begin herbicide applications on select state lands next week in the Bemidji Forestry administrative area to prepare sites for reforestation.
The border between Minnesota and Wisconsin here was formed by a combination of molten lava and melting glaciers over the past billion years. The St. Croix River Valley's hugely popular public access site features hikes along the bluffs and down to the river, and ways to see these stunning rock cliffs from water level.
The city of Bemidji is now accepting applications for permits to participate in any of three special white-tailed deer archery hunts within the city. The Ward 4 and Ward 5 hunts will follow the regular Minnesota deer archery season, which runs Sept. 17 through Dec. 31.
Neither Lake Ida or Lake Charley northwest of Alexandria are stocked with muskies by the Minnesota DNR, but a connection to Lake Miltona means some of the big fish make their way in. Park Rapids native Tayden George has quite a fish story to tell after landing a muskie near 50 inches long while fishing the channel that connects the two lakes.