Snow helps insulate their roots, so this snow dump is very much welcomed by Minnesota's trees.

Minnesota’s elk range in northwestern Minnesota has three herds with a total of 97 elk, according to the annual aerial elk population survey completed by the Minnesota Department of Natural ...

Like a boomerang more than an arrow, the crossbow controversy is coming back to the Legislature. Some background: In May 2023, near the end of that year’s legislative session, a conference committee ...

Confirmed cougar sightings are becoming more frequent in Minnesota, but evidence suggests the large cats are most likely rare ...

Minnesota’s gray wolves will be removed from the federal government’s threatened species list and returned to state management in January. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday it will ...

May is the month when most fawns are born. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is urging people to leave fawns alone. While a new fawn may appear helpless, it’s important not to ...

The future of SeaQuest, an interactive aquarium chain that recently filed for bankruptcy, is still undecided after it was not ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on the 37th annual St. Cloud Sportsmen’s Show.

A Minnesota senator is proposing reversing a law put in effect last year that banned the consumption of nuisance beavers in ...

Learn about Ojibwe culture’s deep connection to the bizhiw, or lynx, an important animal relative in the clan system, while ...

CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls) trained new conservation officers on snowmobile operations and snowmobile enforcement. A call of several motor vehicles utilizing the snowmobile trails was ...

Violations encountered on Lake of the Woods were no license in possession, angling with extra lines, possession of fillets on ...