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LITCHFIELD, Minn. — A version of the national debate over public lands has recently played itself out in Meeker County, where conservationists were surprised when the county board initially denied the transfer of land by willing sellers to the state. The Meeker County Board...

SCOTT RALL The Globe outdoors columnist Last week I started a two-part series about hunting with flushers and pointers. Here is part two: I am a flusher guy and these are the dogs that find a bird and try to catch it. The bird flies and the hunters shoot it.

BY SCOTT RALL The Globe outdoors columnist The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce used an interesting statement a few years back. I don’t know if they still use it today, but it went something like this: “Doing things other people think just happen.”

ELY, Minn.—A proposal to allow motorized wheelchairs as well as bikes, carts and wheelbarrows in federal wilderness areas — potentially including the Boundary Waters and Isle Royale — is advancing in Washington. The U.S. House Subcommittee on Federal Lands is scheduled...

BY SCOTT RALL The Globe outdoors columnist So, what do you do when somebody asks you what you want for Christmas? Do you have a long list of items you can’t wait to have someone buy for you, or do you fumble around and then say you can’t think of anything right now?