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I backed my boat down the launch ramp one predawn morning, guided by the lights on my trailer, the ambient lights in the area, and a pale sliver of moon overhead. I’d done it hundreds
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I backed my boat down the launch ramp one predawn morning, guided by the lights on my trailer, the ambient lights in the area, and a pale sliver of moon overhead. I’d done it hundreds

Fisheries biologists for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were collecting paddlefish for a study this spring when a large and rare fish for Nebraska showed up in the net.
A 70-pound lake sturgeon

Due to continued dry conditions and wildfire danger conditions, the Superior National Forest is issuing an Emergency Forest Order for campfire restrictions effective June 6, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center and The Nature Conservancy have announced a conservation easement that will permanently protect 928 acres of forest, lakes and streams along Minnesota’s North Shore.
The protected land has high-quality

Conservation Officer Jayson Hansen freed a young black bear trapped outside a Bigfork-area chicken coop May 22 by disabling the trap with carefully placed rifle shots.
Hansen received a call that evening from a

To say that Fran Stack, a lifelong Lorain resident and ardent walleye angler, was excited to see the Hot Waters boat launch reopen would be kind of an understatement.
When the City of

A rite of passage for country youths during the past century was learning about burdock. In this context, learning means having someone toss a burdock bur at them and “learning” how it sticks to one’s

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is designating approximately 1.5 million acres of occupied critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee.
The designation covers 33 counties in

Each year in early June, Take a Kid Fishing Weekend is an opportunity for adults to share the fun of fishing with kids.
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