CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST -- Jens Heig first checked the tail and rump feathers of the smallish grouse, then checked the edges of the wing feathers. It was a juvenile bird, he concluded, a female. Then he dug into the crop, just to see what the bi...
SOUTH OF BALL CLUB, Minn. -- In the woods of the Chippewa National Forest, with the late morning sun shining through mostly leafless trees, a beam of light enveloped an English setter named Tyler that was frozen on point.
CASS LAKE, Minn. - A woman hiking in the Chippewa National Forest in north central Minnesota Saturday, Dec. 2 captured a rare sighting of a Canada lynx.Linda Palcich saw the lynx in the Sugar Bush area of the forest and submitted the photo to the...
BEMIDJI, Minn. - A total of 40 acres of land off Leech Lake is officially part of the Chippewa National Forest.The nonprofit Trust for Public Land announced on Monday that a quarter-mile square on Stony Point now is officially owned by the United...
WASHINGTON -- A tree felled from northern Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest was lit Tuesday as the official 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. Tuesday's ceremony on the west lawn of the Capitol followed a 30-plus city tour and 2,000-mile journe...
BEMIDJI -- Starting Wednesday, an 88-foot tall tree from nearby Chippewa National Forest will start its nearly 2,000 mile trip to Washington, D.C. According to the tree's website -- www.capitolchristmastree.com -- the 2014 Capitol Christmas Tree ...
