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Learning to paddle board is not as easy as it looks as Dustin Voorhees, left, learns to balance as Cove Fylpaa cruises on by on Tuesday afternoon on Lake Bemidji. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Paddle boarding on Lake Bemidji

Learning to paddle board is not as easy as it looks as Dustin Voorhees, left, learns to balance as Cove Fylpaa cruises on by on Tuesday afternoon on Lake Bemidji...

news Tue, Aug 21, 2012 - 11:19pm

A doe and her twin fawns graze on an alfalfa field north of Bemidji early Wednesday morning. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Deer family grazes in field near Bemidji

A doe and her twin fawns graze on an alfalfa field north of Bemidji early Wednesday morning. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 10:09pm

New sign marks entrance to Lake Bemidji State Park

Lake Bemidji State Park installed a new sign at the front entrance making it more visible from Beltrami County Road 20. Above, Russell Fisher, left, and Park Manager Pete Harrison...

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 9:10pm

Shifting Gears plans open house to mark 10 years

BEMIDJI – A local organization is marking its 10th anniversary Sunday with a free community event. Shifting Gears, a ministry of Peoples Church dedicating to providing bikes to low-income people,...

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 7:41pm

Joy Sigelman of Minneapolis leads a group of friends Wednesday along Shevlin Avenue Southwest on their way to Laporte and back. The cycling group is spending four days cycling different paved trails in the area. The group started to cross over the new bridge but was turned around by construction workers. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Group cycles through Bemidji

Joy Sigelman of Minneapolis leads a group of friends Wednesday along Shevlin Avenue Southwest on their way to Laporte and back. The cycling group is spending four days cycling different...

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 12:33am

Emerald ash borer found at Fort Snelling course

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state has confirmed an emerald ash borer infestation at the Fort Snelling Golf Club. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says it's the first new...

news Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 10:49am

A sawdust pile at the base of this pine tree betrays the presence of active boring insects. In this case it's carpenter ants. Keith Corliss

Lowly ants play important natural role

Motel maids are not usually considered integral to the success or failure of an economy. Likewise perhaps, the garbage worker, the septic tank emptier, and the busboy could be similarly...

outdoors Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Joe-pye weed, a tall forb native to moist areas of prairie and a favorite of pollinators like bees and butterflies, is within a day or two of blossoming in a West Fargo yard. Keith Corliss

Many benefits evident in growing wild plants

It all starts with green plants. They are the direct beneficiaries of the sun's benevolent and life-giving rays, magically, silently divining sugars from light energy in a process known as...

outdoors Wed, Aug 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Two books to add to your midsummer reading list: Mammals of North Dakota by Robert Seabloom and The Bluebird Effect, Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds, by Julie Zickefoose.

Two midsummer reads worth your time

I buy more books than I read. I'd like to think I will get around to them all at one point in my life but let's be realistic, I won't...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Jul 18, 2012 - 12:00am

These mute swans, present at the West Fargo lagoons on June 24, represent Cass County's first record of the species.

Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Eurasian species shows up, but is it welcome?

Mention the phrase "invasive species" in the presence of a biologist and she'll usually respond with elevated blood pressure, a knitted brow, and a less-than-friendly stare. And for good reason;...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Jul 04, 2012 - 12:00am

The author (right) and Andrew Thill, both of Fargo, move in to investigate a shared point by their wirehairs, Asic and Remy. Photo by Erin Shoberg.

Open Season: Subtle start to dog training

My dog's breeder, Jeff Jalbert of Top Shelf Kennels in Horace, gave me a sideways glance as he set down his Busch Light on the polished wooden bar that wrapped...

outdoors Wed, Jun 27, 2012 - 12:00am

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Local dog training club to host youth hunt, outdoors day

The Red River Valley Chapter of the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) is offering a unique opportunity for area youths. The Fargo-based club's first annual Youth Hunt and...

outdoors Wed, Jun 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Somewhat camouflaged on a multi-colored granite rock is a painted lichen moth caterpillar. Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Little discoveries on the North Dakota prairie

"I doubt it." That was my answer to the question, "Do you think these caterpillars are eating lichens?" Sure there were quite a few of them crawling on the large...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Jun 20, 2012 - 12:00am

A pile of feathers is evidence of a successful dog, as judges and the handler move on down the field during the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association Red River Valley chapter's spring test this weekend at Stiklestad Lodge near Fort Ransom. Tyler Shoberg / West Fargo Pioneer

True dog days of summer

On Saturday, it was 95 degrees as gusting winds blew heat like a hairdryer set on "inferno." By Sunday morning, people donned light jackets to brace against the 30-degree temperature...

outdoors Wed, Jun 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Joe Gregg, Horace, awaits an appearance from a rare Acadian Flycatcher near West Fargo along with other area birders. Keith Corliss / Forum Communications Co.

Flight Lines: Elusive flycatcher found near West Fargo

Last Sunday I asked for a copy of North Dakota's most recent record of Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens); it soon arrived via email. In the dispassionate language of scientific data,...

flight lines / outdoors Wed, Jun 06, 2012 - 12:00am

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