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I have always thought of summer as June, July and August. Once you get past these three months, we are well on your way to fall — even if the specific date on the calendar is a more than a few weeks off.

BY SCOTT RALL The Globe outdoors columnist I have been writing about the perils of being a calcareous fen over the past few weeks.

Scott Rall The elevated attention to the state’s water quality continues to grow. The legislature did its very best to roll back or kill the Governors buffer law that passed in 2015, and did so, thankfully, with limited success. There was a one year delay on implementation on buffers...

BY SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist It was a busy weekend in the wildlife habitat world for this guy. I was really busy finishing up my food plots.

SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist The good old days of hunting and fishing, for most folks, were in years gone by. I think of the 40s and 50s as the heydays of outdoor recreation. My parents would tell me of times when the storms were so bad and the pheasants so thick you...

SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist It is Wednesday the 10th and Worthington just got 1.25 inches of rain overnight at my parents’ house on Lakehill Drive.

SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist Do you remember seeing a movie where the guy crossing the desert suddenly comes across an oasis? Many times they are just a mirage, but on that rare occasion the weary traveler would be saved by a diamond in the desert. A water source where...

BY SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist I was out checking my wood duck boxes the other day and met a hen wood duck who has become my favorite duck of all time.

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.

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.

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...

SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist I have often wondered why politicians think they need to get so wrapped up in conservation and wildlife management. Very few of them know much, if anything, about the subject matter.

SCOTT RALL Daily Globe outdoors columnist It does not a take a rocket scientist to tell that I am a dog person. A black lab dog person, to be exact. There are a few ways that I might differ from your average dog person. The first is that I like all kinds of dogs, even foo foo...

By Scott Rall Daily Globe Tonight is the night for the Nobles County Pheasants Forever banquet. The local chapter reaches its 34 year milestone with the announcement of another parcel of public land located in the Okabena/Ocheda watershed. This spot is not in the wellhead protection...