Frigid temperatures didn't deter Hal and Ronda Sanders from their tradition of spending President's Day weekend enjoying the beauty outdoors at Itasca Sate Park. (Submitted photos)

Northland Outdoors Feb 16th 2021 - 11am

Bemidji couple shares below-zero Itasca State Park adventure

While many people spent the cold weekend snug in their homes, Hal and Ronda Sanders of Bemidji were making their most of their time at Itasca State Park by getting out on the trails.

Anna McBeain, an apprentice falconer, recalls her red-tailed hawk Minokawa for a tidbit while hunting on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, near St. Charles. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

Northland Outdoors Feb 15th 2021 - 7am

'Once you hunt with a hawk, you can never go back to a gun,' falconry apprentice says

Northland Outdoors Feb 14th 2021 - 10am

New conservation officer assigned to Lake George

A line of women take their turn at the shooting line, Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Knobhill Sportsmans Club in Wadena.
Michael Johnson/Pioneer Journal

Northland Outdoors Feb 14th 2021 - 9am

A growing Minnesota women's shooting club triggers confidence, fun

Noelle Roberts helped mushers and dogs at a checkpoint in the 2021 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Feb 14th 2021 - 7am

First-time Beargrease volunteer dives deep into learning more about sled dog race

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Sarah Strommen. Anthony Souffle / Minneapolis Star Tribune / TNS

Northland Outdoors Feb 14th 2021 - 6am

Column: Minnesota's Critical Habitat license-plate program veering from its dedicated mission

Ty Olson trained for his ski trek across the top of Minnesota on Ten Mile Lake near Walker where is family has a cabin. The Grafton, North Dakota native is sking 250 miles across the Minnesota-Onario border, from Rainy Lake to Lake Superior, to raise money for a Lakota non profit. (Photo courtesy of Ty Olson)

Northland Outdoors Feb 14th 2021 - 12am

North Dakota native to trek across the top of Minnesota to keep Indigenous communities warm

Mike DeVries dips the back tires of his bicycle into the Pacific Ocean in southern California on Jan. 14, the first day of his cross-country bicycle trek across the southern U.S. from San Diego to the Atlantic Ocean at St. Augustine, Fla. With pledges from buddies in a North Dakota hunting camp and others, DeVries is raising funds for a Game Management Endowment at UND. (Photo courtesy of Mike DeVries)

Northland Outdoors Feb 13th 2021 - 6pm

Cross-country bicyclist faces mental fatigue in ride to raise funds for UND endowment

Northland Outdoors Feb 12th 2021 - 7pm

South Dakota governor's bill will handcuff game wardens, former agency official says

Mike Frisch with a mid-winter basin crappie caught using the tips presented in this column. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Feb 12th 2021 - 2pm

Frisch: Get on good crappie bites in February

Northland Outdoors Feb 11th 2021 - 10am

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Another bitter cold weekend

An elk moves through a patch of trees in northwest Minnesota in this undated photo. The DNR will not conduct its aerial elk survey this winter in northwest Minnesota because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo/Minnesota DNR)

Northland Outdoors Feb 9th 2021 - 10am

DNR won't conduct winter elk survey in northwest Minnesota this year

Whether on ice or open water, losing a fish is painful – especially when it's a big fish. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Feb 8th 2021 - 7pm

Dokken: Every angler knows the pain of losing a big fish

Signs greet visitors to the Northwest Angle at the end of the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road on Lake of the Woods County Road 49 at the Minnesota-Manitoba border. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Feb 7th 2021 - 7am

Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road offers new gateway to winter adventure

Ashley Bredemus works at a computer in a cabin at Birchwood Wilderness Camp near the end of the Gunflint Trail. An engineer by training, Bredemus returned to Minnesota to run the summer boys camp with her dad. She's also developing a large social media presence as an outdoor "influencer" for women. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors Feb 7th 2021 - 7am

Returning to Minnesota, her writing is 'redefining what it means to be an outdoors woman'

The Buntjer family shows a group of beaver collected from Matt's traps. From left: Danny, Brody, Jonny, Matt and Elsie. (Special to The Globe)

Northland Outdoors Feb 7th 2021 - 7am

Trapper explains why studying critters plays crucial role in helping out farmers

Gray wolves were protected under the Endangered Species Act for over four decades, but were delisted effective Jan. 4, 2021.

Northland Outdoors Feb 6th 2021 - 3pm

DNR seeks info on illegal wolf kill in Becker County

At left, David East, president of the Park Rapids Chapter of the Minnesota Darkhouse and Angling Association, presents a $750 check to Tammy Kleespie of LSS Meals on Wheels, with Dean Hanisch, representing Park Rapids Building and Supply.

Northland Outdoors Feb 6th 2021 - 2pm

Park Rapids Minnesota Darkhouse and Angling Association pays it forward

Ali Juten is an outdoors writer living in eastern Minnesota. Special to Forum News Service

Northland Outdoors Feb 6th 2021 - 8am

Introducing Ali UpNorth and how she's creating outdoor experiences for her young family

A sharp increase in boat sales due to the COVID pandemic has led to a need for workers at the Lund boat factory in New York Mills, Minn. Contributed photo

Columns Feb 4th 2021 - 1pm

McFeely: Pandemic drove people outside, so Lund boat factory in New York Mills needs workers

Northland Outdoors Feb 4th 2021 - 10am

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Frigid Weekend Ahead

The Riverbend Skate Path, a nearly 2.5-mile stretch along the Warroad River, started out as a community venture to connect several backyard ice rinks and has resulted in a regional attraction for the small town of Warroad. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

Northland Outdoors Feb 3rd 2021 - 8am

Warroad, Minn., residents come together to create 2.5-mile ice path

People fish on Hole-in-the-Day Bay Saturday, Jan. 30, while participating in the virtual version of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

Northland Outdoors Feb 2nd 2021 - 5pm

Judges take more than two days to finalize results of Minnesota ice fishing event

Unsafe ice conditions resulted in a raffle-only contest in 2020. Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes drew tickets out of the hopper during that Legion derby prize giveaway, while Jason Jalbert assisted emcee Jerry Benham.

News Feb 2nd 2021 - 2pm

Park Rapids American Legion Fishing Derby called off, but $100,000 in prizes will be raffled

The prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease in Minnesota's wild deer herd remained low in 2020 with the DNR announcing 22 new confirmed cases out of 7,682 samples collected through hunting seasons and early 2021 special hunts. (Forum News Service file photo)

Northland Outdoors Feb 1st 2021 - 4pm

Testing from 2020 shows low prevalence of CWD in Minnesota’s wild deer herd

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