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    April 30, 2017
    Brad Dokken
    Dokken: Public land an asset, not a liability
    Every October, I host a small group of friends for a few days of ruffed grouse hunting, hockey watching and socializing by the fire. Occasionally,...
    sportsApril 30, 2017 - 9:00am
    Rick Mercil of Grand Forks mans a drift boat during a recent steelhead fishing trip to the Pacific Northwest. Special to Forum News Service
    Fishing trip delivers steelhead serenity
    FORKS, Wash.—A few years ago, I wrote a story for a Northland Outdoors section about a trip to Alaska's Kodiak Island, where I was in search...
    sportsApril 30, 2017 - 8:11am
    April 27, 2017
    Scott Rall: Science finds that spring is the time to burn
    BY SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist I don't really like the spring we are having. I am a burn king in the month of April and May. I had 13 burns on my list for this season and nine of them are completed, but for the life of me I cannot get the last five completed.
    sports/outdoorsApril 27, 2017 - 1:19pm
    April 23, 2017
    Nick Genereux of Crookston racked up quite a collection of awards during recent taxidermy competitions in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. (Photo/ Rand Hughes, special to the Herald)play button
    All about the details: Awards mount for Minnesota taxidermist
    CROOKSTON, Minn.—Nick Genereux's taxidermy studio is filled with head and full body mounts of all sizes and varieties. It's also filling...
    sports/outdoorsApril 23, 2017 - 12:41pm
    Superior Hiking Trail Association hires new leader
    DULUTH — The Superior Hiking Trail Association has hired a new executive director to lead its work on maintaining, improving and supporting...
    sportsApril 23, 2017 - 6:05am
    April 20, 2017
    Scott Rall: Education is key to a safe environment
    BY SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist Burning season is under way. All you have to do is go for a wildlife ride and you will have no problem finding plumes of smoke all over the countryside.
    sports/outdoorsApril 20, 2017 - 3:16pm
    April 16, 2017
    Kevin Bovee of the Lake Superior Steelhead Association describes how a stream improvement on the upper Knife River has narrowed the river's channel. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Shoring up a stream: Angling group spearheads project to benefit Knife River steelhead
    DULUTH — On a sunny March morning, the Knife River comes hustling around a shaded bend and emerges into full sunlight. It is far above...
    sports/outdoorsApril 16, 2017 - 4:29pm
    Always in Season: The killdeer is a familiar trickster
    The killdeer is a familiar bird, perhaps as well known as the robin. Like the robin, it is a reliable sign of spring. The killdeer signals spring...
    sports/outdoorsApril 16, 2017 - 3:04pm
    April 13, 2017
    Scott Rall: The shenanigans continue
    SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist When the Minnesota Legislature is in session, there are many things that happen that have a great effect on the game fish and wildlife of our great state. Some of it is usually good and some of it is usually not so good. This session it...
    sports/outdoorsApril 13, 2017 - 1:38pm
    April 11, 2017
    Fish and Wildlife Service officer Heidi Kueller dodges flying carp during the Asian Carp assessment on the Illinois River in this Fish and Wildlife Service photo.
    Klobuchar, Franken among senators asking Trump to release Asian carp project
    A dozen Great Lakes states senators have sent a letter to Trump administration officials urging them to move ahead with a plan to stop Asian...
    NewsApril 11, 2017 - 4:45pm
    April 10, 2017
    Anglers use the dock at Clark County's Dry Lake #2, one of several lakes where South Dakota's Department of Game, Fish & Parks will close the public access point. Matt Gade / Forum News Service
    SD governor's office: Study best approach for ruling that closed flooded lakes on private property
    PIERRE, S.D.— Gov. Dennis Daugaard anticipates a proposal to be offered next session on the public's use of lakes that have developed because...
    NewsApril 10, 2017 - 9:54pm
    April 9, 2017
    Plateaus and tops of buttes provide expansive views of the buttes and river valley floor in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The North Unit has a higher elevation than the South Unit and more barren buttes offer striking landscape views. (Photo/ Mark Hoffman, National Park Service)
    Similar distances, different experiences
    National Park Week begins Saturday and continues through April 23, and the annual event offers an opportunity to learn more about these recreational...
    sports/outdoorsApril 9, 2017 - 11:45am
    Astro Bob: Spring nights sweeter with the space station
    Spring can be a comfortable time of year to get outside at night and watch the stars. When you do, don't be surprised if you have some company....
    NewsApril 9, 2017 - 10:18am
    Fishing guide Luke Kavajecz holds a Seeforellen brown trout on April 1. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Fishing guide prefers simpler, more direct tactics for Superior's big browns
    BAYFIELD, Wis. — The parking lot at this boat launch near Bayfield on Lake Superior was half-filled with pickups and boat trailers on the...
    sportsApril 9, 2017 - 8:45am
    Minnesota's spring wild turkey season opens Wednesday, April 12, 2017. This gobbler has been strutting his stuff for at least two weeks in Canosia Township. Deb Christiansen of Canosia Township shot this photo of the gobbler on March 29. Wisconsin's spring turkey season opens April 19. Submitted photo.
    Turkey season outlooks looking good
    DULUTH — With a relatively early spring and most snow now gone in Minnesota's turkey-hunting range, turkey hunters are optimistic about...
    sportsApril 9, 2017 - 6:00am
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