Outdoors

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will postpone the new aquatic invasive species training and trailer decal program that was due to launch at the end of the month while legislators consider changes to the program. Under a law passed by the state Legislature in 2012,...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Tickets have gone on sale for the 17th annual Park Rapids American Legion Community Fishing Contest. The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Fish Hook Lake. The event attracts hundreds of ice anglers...

By Nathan Bowe / DL Newspapers DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Detroit Mountain is a whirlwind of activity as a new four-seasons park comes together. The Detroit Mountain Recreation Area is on track to be open for skiing, tubing and snowboarding this winter. On a recent...

A Baudette, Minnesota man faces heavy fines, jail time and revocation of his hunting privileges following an investigation for illegal bear and deer activities by the Department of Natural Resources. Keith R. Slick, 33, was sentenced July 9 in Lake of the Woods County Court on...

A 72-year-old man was rescued from a remote swamp in northern St. Louis County on Friday morning, apparently after spending several days in the elements after an all-terrain vehicle accident. Gerald Evenson was unresponsive — bruised, dehydrated, covered in bug bites —...

The Minnesota DNR of Natural Resources has promoted three conservation officers to lieutenant and district supervisor. Among them is State Conservation Officer Larry Francis of Remer. He was named the Park Rapids area enforcement supervisor, which includes Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater,...