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    September 28, 2016
    Nick Murphy of Ely, Minn., drives a team of Alaskan huskies across Ensign Lake east of Ely on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 after a day of lake trout fishing. Murphy's dad, Kelly Murphy of Ely, ran another 10-dog team on the day trip to Knife Lake on the Canadian border. (Sam Cook / Forum News Service)
    Ely named one of 'World's Best Towns for Outdoor Thrills'
    ELY, Minn. — Ely has been named one of National Geographic's "World's Best Towns for Outdoor Thrills," along with other outdoor destinations...
    sportsSeptember 28, 2016 - 6:38pm
    September 27, 2016
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    Video: Abandoned Minnesota mine shaft becomes a bass hideout
    CROSBY, Minn.—An underwater abandoned mine shaft in the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area is a large mouth bass haven and hideout. The...
    NewsSeptember 27, 2016 - 1:57pm
    September 25, 2016
    A hunter and his Lab move across the prairie during an eastern Montana hunt for sharp-tailed grouse in mid-September. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    COOK: Montana sharptail hunt is crazy good
    EASTERN MONTANA — My hunting partners drop me off near a field of wheat stubble with the yellow dog. Their pickup accelerates up the road,...
    sportsSeptember 25, 2016 - 6:25am
    The east end of Lake Vermilion produces plenty of eating-size walleyes, while the west end produces mostly larger walleyes that fall within the lake's 18- to 26-inch protected slot limit. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is considering a change in walleye regulations on the lake. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Proposed regulations could help walleye anglers on Lake Vermilion's west end
    Walleye fishing on Lake Vermilion has never been better, fishing guides and resort owners say. The lake has lots of larger walleyes along with...
    sportsSeptember 25, 2016 - 6:01am
    September 24, 2016
    Tom Heinrich (left) and Zach Pawlowski of the Department of Natural Resources' area fisheries office in Baudette, Minn., brave rough waters to pull a net onboard near Warroad, Minn., during the annual fall gillnetting survey on Lake of the Woods. Brad Dokken/Forum News Serviceplay button
    Annual fall gillnetting survey sheds light on Lake of the Woods fish populations
    WARROAD, Minn.—Lake of the Woods stretched out like a vast, gray sea on this weekend September morning as a fisheries crew from the Minnesota...
    sportsSeptember 24, 2016 - 2:57pm
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    VIDEO: Realistic dinosaur model sheds light on camouflage
    This little dinosaur could have made an easy meal for meat-eaters. But its colour and camouflage pattern may have helped the Psittacosaurus (pronounced...
    NewsSeptember 24, 2016 - 5:00am
    The Yellowstone River winds through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 9, 2013. YREUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File photo
    Yellowstone River reopens after deadly parasite killed thousands of fish
    CODY, Wyo.—Montana reopened a stretch of the Yellowstone River to fishing and other recreational activities on Friday, Aug. 23, after...
    NewsSeptember 24, 2016 - 1:00am
    September 23, 2016
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    Endangered turtles lay eggs on Mexican beach
    Nesting female marine turtles arrived at La Escobilla beach on Mexico's Oaxaca Pacific coast, in their annual migration, a sign that life is...
    NewsSeptember 23, 2016 - 4:30am
    September 22, 2016
    A moose looks up at passersby as it grazes in a pond along the Gunflint Trail north of Grand Marais, Minn., in August 2015. (Andrew Krueger /Forum News Service)
    Fond du Lac Band will hold moose hunt this fall
    DULUTH, Minn.—The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has announced plans to hold a moose hunt this fall for the first time since...
    sportsSeptember 22, 2016 - 7:38pm
    Five injured-- two critically -- in airboat crash on Minnesota creek
    STARBUCK, Minn. -- Five people were injured -- two critically -- in an airboat crash about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in Outlet Creek in...
    NewsSeptember 22, 2016 - 2:57pm
    September 17, 2016
    Golden trees line the Little Missouri River in October 2008 as it flows near Medora, N.D. (Brad Dokken / Forum News Service)
    Will 2016 be a good year for fall colors?
    ST. PAUL—It's too soon to say for sure, but the rainy summer of 2016 might be setting the stage for spectacular fall colors across Minnesota...
    NewsSeptember 17, 2016 - 4:49pm
    September 16, 2016
    The odds for success during inclement weather during the season can be enhanced by practice and taking the time to learn the vocabulary and behaviors of waterfowl during the relative comfort of the off season. TOM CHERVENY / FORUM NEWS SERVICEplay button
    Champion waterfowl caller gets his edge in the offseason
    NEW LONDON, Minn.—Success in the waterfowl blind starts months before the season opens. Just ask Mike Benjamin. He makes a practice of...
    sportsSeptember 16, 2016 - 8:11pm
    September 13, 2016
    FILE PHOTO: A herd of deer cross 10th Ave. S. in East Grand Forks. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Reminder: No whole deer carcasses allowed to enter Minnesota
    ST. PAUL -- Hunters who harvest deer outside the state are reminded that whole deer carcasses are no longer allowed to be brought into Minnesota...
    NewsSeptember 13, 2016 - 9:38am
    September 7, 2016
    Garden of Mike and Laura Lindblad featuring vegetables, rhubarb and annual and perennial flowers. Mary Jane Breitling
    Victory gardens
    After my last article regarding small gardens, Frank Lenzmeier commented that it reminded him of the old victory gardens he remembered. I am...
    features/home & gardenSeptember 7, 2016 - 8:21am
    September 3, 2016
    Trina Mailloux fishes in the Yellowstone River at the Holmgren Ranch access outside Columbus, Mont., on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. CASEY PAGE / BILLINGS GAZETTE
    Yellowstone River quietly opens
    COLUMBUS, Mont. — Judging by the lack of anglers and recreationists on the nearby Yellowstone and Stillwater rivers Friday morning, word...
    sportsSeptember 3, 2016 - 7:16pm
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