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    PAUL NELSON FISHING: The wait for open water begins
    Most anglers have given up on ice fishing for the season. Any anglers still on the lakes this past week were walking out on the ice. Rain and...
    sports/outdoors12 hours 20 min ago
    BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: The diminutive kinglets sing a loud song
    Springtime is the best time. It's the season of rebirth, renewal, and rejuvenation. As the snow and ice slowly fades away becoming yet a distant...
    sports/outdoors12 hours 31 min ago
    April 14, 2019
    Dave Rave, DNR Bemidji area wildlife supervisor, recently spotted this buck still sporting his antlers near the DNR Northwest region headquarters. Submitted photo.
    OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Still sporting the antlers
    BEMIDJI—Dave Rave, DNR Bemidji area wildlife supervisor, recently spotted a buck still sporting his antlers near the Minnesota Department...
    sports/outdoorsApril 14, 2019 - 9:40am
    PAUL NELSON FISHING: Rainy River keeps reeling in the anglers
    The walleye and sauger season closes today on Lake of the Woods. The spring walleye season also closes on the Rainy River on April 14. Northern...
    sports/outdoorsApril 14, 2019 - 9:30am
    BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: 'Squirrely squirrel' tales always good for a laugh
    This past winter a black-phase gray squirrel, evidently the smartest of the lot, figured out that if he or she climbed the nearest bur oak tree...
    sports/outdoorsApril 14, 2019 - 9:20am
    April 13, 2019
    GENERATIONS: Doug Lewandowski: The depths of the fishing trip
    They stand around gas pumps in small towns, usually male, a little long in the tooth, but occasionally there are younger guys around too, sucking...
    opinion/columnsApril 13, 2019 - 4:45am
    April 10, 2019
    MASTER GARDENERS: Get your workout in the garden
    April is "National Garden Month" and spring is right around the corner. Looking forward to the backbreaking work of the garden brings me joy....
    opinion/columnsApril 10, 2019 - 7:15am
    April 7, 2019
    Upper Red Lake walleye regulation changes announced
    While anglers fishing Upper Red Lake this spring will again be able to keep four walleye, a change in the size regulation will allow them to take one fish over 20 inches — making potential keepers out of considerably more of the lake's walleye population.
    sports/outdoorsApril 7, 2019 - 10:20am
    Paul Nelson
    PAUL NELSON FISHING: Anglers adapting for spring fishing opportunities
    It's the end of the first week in April and there are still people on the lakes ice fishing. There have been a few days where lows at night...
    sports/outdoorsApril 7, 2019 - 10:10am
    Blane Klemek
    BLANE KLEMEK COLUMN: Intelligent and resourceful ravens are far from ordinary
    Spring is a time when a lot of scavenging is going on out there by resident wildlife. Drive any major road where deer tend to cross and are struck...
    sports/outdoorsApril 7, 2019 - 10:00am
    April 4, 2019
    MASTER GARDENERS: Spring is just around the corner
    Spring may be just around the corner but it is really a wide corner this year. If you are like me, it is hard to get fired up about gardening...
    sportsApril 4, 2019 - 6:45am
    April 3, 2019
    "Maple Syrup, Tap to Table: Collecting and Processing" will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7, at Lake Bemidji State Park. (Pioneer file photo)
    Events scheduled for April at Lake Bemidji State Park
    Here is a look at the upcoming events scheduled during the month of April at Lake Bemidji State Park: April 6 and 7: Maple Syrup, Tap to Table:...
    newsApril 3, 2019 - 3:06pm
    March 29, 2019
    Screen grab from video released by the Humane Society of the United States of Andrew Renner, 41, and Owen Renner, 18, illegally killing a bear in Alaska.
    Video captures father and son brutally killing a bear and her cubs in Alaska
    Nearly a year ago, a shirtless man and his father, also shirtless except for a black vest, stalked through the wilderness on Esther Island in...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 29, 2019 - 9:11am
    March 24, 2019
    Outdoors notebook: Headwaters Trout Unlimited meeting on March 26
    Headwaters Trout Unlimited meeting on March 26 BEMIDJI—The Headwaters Trout Unlimited membership meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, at CK Dudley's, 6405 Bemidji Ave. N. The evening starts with a social hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and a short...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 24, 2019 - 10:50am
    Paul Nelson
    PAUL NELSON FISHING: Most lakes head into spring with high water levels
    The spring melt continued this week after a few days of cold weather temporarily stopped the melting on the lakes. A slow melt is ideal to help...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 24, 2019 - 10:40am
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