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    May 1, 2018
    Clockwise from top left: The deer tick, which transmits Lyme disease; the American dog tick, which transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia; the Culex pipiens mosquito, which transmits West Nile virus; and the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits Zika, dengue and chikungunya. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Diseases spread by ticks, mosquitoes and fleas more than tripled in the US
    The warmer weather of spring and summer means the start of tick and mosquito season and the diseases they transmit, including Lyme disease, Rocky...
    lifestyle/healthMay 1, 2018 - 1:20pm
    April 23, 2018
    Audit shows lax enforcement on elk, deer farm rules in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL—Minnesota livestock regulators are not doing all they could to protect deer and elk from disease, a state audit shows. "We found that the Board of Animal Health has failed to enforce some laws relating to deer and elk farms," the Office of the Legislative Auditor wrote...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 23, 2018 - 3:13pm
    April 18, 2018
    Stuart Bensen of Erskine, Minn., retired conservation officer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
    DNR officers at front lines of Minn. wolf depredation complaints
    When Jeremy Woinarowicz joined the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as a conservation officer in 2004, most of the wolf depredation...
    news/science-and-natureApril 18, 2018 - 7:19am
    April 17, 2018
    A trail camera set by the Red Lake tribal Department of Natural Resources photographed these two gray wolves in March 2010 on Minnesota's Northwest Angle. Wolves are an important animal in tribal culture and were protected on tribal lands even when the state had control of wolf management and offered hunting and trapping seasons. Courtesy photo / Jay Huseby, Red Lake Department of Natural Resources
    Tribal lands offer sanctuary for Minnesota wolves
    RED LAKE, Minn.—Gray wolves could again be fair game in Minnesota if federal rules change, but Red Lake Nation and other tribes in Minnesota...
    news/science-and-natureApril 17, 2018 - 7:22am
    January 19, 2018
    Alexandria's Jim Dresch with his Grandpa Jimmy's Ice Hole Trap, an ice fishing product he created to keep fish from getting away after they get free near the top of the hole. Eric Morken / Forum News Service
    A unique contraption for the ice angler
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn. —- Jim Dresch was ice fishing with his good friend, Roger Van Surksum, a couple years ago when Van Surksum latched into...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 19, 2018 - 12:51pm
    December 13, 2017
    The Gander Mountain store located at 2121 43rd St. S. in Fargo is one of the stores that closed. David Samson / Forum News Service
    Gander Outdoors to open first store in Minnesota
    LAKEVILLE, Minn. – Gander Outdoors, the reborn version of defunct Gander Mountain, opened its first store in Lakeville near the Twin Cities...
    newsDecember 13, 2017 - 5:35pm
    December 2, 2017
    New law expands license requirement to wheelhouse shelters
    Beginning this ice fishing season, anglers using a wheelhouse type of ice or dark-house shelter are required to purchase a license to place the shelter on the ice, even when occupying it. A new definition for portable shelters has been provided in law, which states that a portable...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 2, 2017 - 4:00pm
    Early ice is not safe; wear life jackets on cold water
    With daytime temperatures still climbing above freezing even in the northern parts of the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 2, 2017 - 3:00pm
    November 18, 2017
    Tyler Day, 11, bagged this once-in-a-lifetime piebald deer just before the sun went down near Pine River, Minn., on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. Submitted photo
    11-year-old boy bags rare spotted doe
    PINE RIVER, Minn. — Effective hunters don't get trophy deer by accident. They plan and train, and that's exactly how 11-year-old Tyler...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 18, 2017 - 11:30am
    Linda White harvested a 200-pound, 8-pointer Nov. 4 in Park Rapids. (Submitted photo)
    Park Rapids area is 'go-to destination' for deer hunters
    The cool temperatures and light snowfall on the ground provided ideal conditions for local deer hunters during the Minnesota firearms season....
    sports/outdoorsNovember 18, 2017 - 10:30am
    November 13, 2017
    Rodney Felt looks through the scope and his brother, Robert Felt, readies the trigger, the setup that allowed Robert to shoot his first deer. Submitted Photo
    In the deer 'blind': Area man helps his legally blind brother bad his first deer at age 62
    Rodney (Rod) and Robert (Rob) Felt, brothers who grew up on an area farm, have always done everything together, despite the fact that Robert...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 13, 2017 - 9:10am
    November 11, 2017
    A pileated woodpecker rests on a snap in Lakewood Township, Minn. Pileated woodpeckers are considered more abundant in the state now than they were in the early 1900s, and the big bird seems to be doing well across the region. Observers for the bird atlas survey reported 2,393 pileated Woodpecker records. Nests were confirmed in 118 different locations across 37 counties. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Minnesota gets first new bird atlas in 81 years
    It took eight years, 700 volunteers and thousands of hours in the field, but Minnesota has its first new breeding bird atlas since 1936. The...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 11, 2017 - 2:00pm
    November 4, 2017
    The practice of sighting in rifles before the hunting season makes for a better hunter. (Mark Harmon/Enterprise)
    Weekend Adventures: The lost art of deer camp
    We have arrived at the favorite, holiday season of the year for rifle hunters. The cool, crisp morning air gently lightens by the touch of the...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 4, 2017 - 4:00pm
    Emily Carter, 16, of Delano, Minn. shot this buck on Sept. 30 while visiting her grandparents, Mike and Cheryl Carter of Menahga. Local hunters are invited to submit their recent, best hunting photos to be published in the Enterprise. Submissions can be dropped off, mailed or emailed. (Submitted photo)
    Bow hunter captures buck in Menahga
    sports/outdoorsNovember 4, 2017 - 2:00pm
    Erik Thorson (Submitted photo)
    Thorson named acting big game program coordinator
    Erik Thorson, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Park Rapids area wildlife supervisor, has accepted a temporary assignment to oversee...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 4, 2017 - 2:00pm
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