Biologists: Help protect turtles on the move
Learn how to build a turtle nest cage and report turtle crossing hotspots.
Nature
Great spring project for kids: The Outdoor News Wood Duck Challenge!
Since 1989, the Wood Duck Challenge has been an Outdoor News institution that encourages youth under the age of 18 to construct and install a wood duck nesting box. For access to complete plans and instructions, check out this video!
Great spring project for kids: Outdoor News Wood Duck Challenge [video]
Since 1989, the Wood Duck Challenge has been an Outdoor News institution that encourages youth under the age of 18 to construct and install a wood duck nesting box. For access to complete plans and instructions, check out this video. Categories: How To’s, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, Nature, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos, Wood…
Tip: Deer Hunting Over A Decoy
Melissa Bachman shares a great whitetail hunting tip with Outdoor News: hunting over a deer decoy.
Donating To Hides For Habitat (MDHA)
Don’t throw your deer hides away this season, it only takes minutes to drop it off at a local Hides for Habitat drop box and have it get put to good use!
Capturing Every Morsel of Meat From Your Ruffed Grouse
Whenever ethical hunters harvest an animal, they use as much of it as possible. That rule certainly applies to ruffed grouse. Spend a few minutes with Mike Hehner, who shows us how he gets the most meat from his bird.
Outdoor News video: How to tell the difference between male, female ruffed grouse
Knowing the difference between a male and female ruffed grouse can be a little tricky to the naked eye. Michael Hehner sits down with Outdoor News and shows a couple of tricks that help him acknowledge the difference between the two birds. Categories: Hunting, Hunting News, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, Nature, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos,…
‘Poison pill’ may kill pesky zebra mussels, researcher says [video]
Zebra mussels have changed the landscape on lakes across the country, but this possible solution could help save lakes here. Check out the story here and the video below. Categories: Nature Tags: Zebra mussels
Bull elk charges, knocks down woman near Rocky Mountain National Park [video]
Wildlife officials in Colorado are warning people to keep their distance from elk during their mating season after a bull charged people, knocked a woman down and repeatedly butted her with its antlers. Video shows the elk running toward people Thursday near the visitor center in Estes Park near Rocky Mountain National Park. The woman escaped after public works employee Brian…
Loons and the West Nile virus [video]
Outdoor News Managing Editor Rob Drieslein looks into the death of two northeastern Minnesota loons from West Nile virus in this video blog.
Caterwauling cats: The sight – and sounds – as pair of Canada lynx face off [video]
BANGOR, Maine — A Maine man who was scouting fishing locations came across a rare sight: A pair of Canada lynx facing off on a dirt road. Daniel Wadleigh, of Belgrade, tells the Bangor Daily News that the two cats were so focused on their showdown that they didn’t notice him Friday night. He stopped his truck and shot video…
Lake Nokomis fish struggle in overflow [video]
According to a Twitter post by J.D. Burton, “Large muskies swept out of Lake Nokomis by the floods are now struggling on the running path. They’re too big and the overflow is too shallow for them to get back.” Below, a video by Burton, accompanying the Twitter post, shows the fish churning in the shallow water. Later, officials there reportedly…
From the headlines to the backcountry: Rare Canada lynx returned to Michigan wild [video]
“A once-in-a-career opportunity in the state of Michigan just took place.”
Survey shows severe decline in Mount San Gorgonio desert bighorn sheep population [video]
In Southern California, biologists and partner agencies counted 60 animals, approximately one-third the number counted in the last helicopter survey conducted in March 2016.
Wolves hunting – for freshwater fish? [video]
The Voyageurs Wolf Project recently posted a video on its Facebook page, saying “Watch the first ever video footage of wolves hunting freshwater fish (to our knowledge)” at Voyageurs National Park.
Rocky Mountain high: a Colorado mountain lion at close range [video]
Bryce Macken, formerly of Champlin, Minn., and currently living in Toronto, Ontario, captured this video of a mountain lion while bowhunting for elk in Colorado in late August. Macken didn’t get an elk on the trip, but this video captured from his stand – “the mountain lion walks right by me, within 20 feet” – will provide memories of the…
Game camera video: bobcats in Goodhue County
What appears to be a family of bobcats was caught on Don Siewert’s game camera in Goodhue County recently. Categories: Minnesota Videos, Nature Tags: Bobcats, Game cameras
Photos and video reveal recently translocated wolves of Isle Royale [video]
Four wolves hailing from extreme northeastern Minnesota already are consuming moose carcasses on the Lake Superior island.
Zebra mussels confirmed in popular Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis [video]
A Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board watercraft inspector contacted the DNR after finding two juvenile zebra mussels on a sailboat as it was being removed from the popular Twin Cities lake formerly known as Calhoun.
Bull moose fight it out in Adirondacks [video]
A pair of bull moose fight on a remote road on conservation easement lands in the northern Adirondacks (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation video) Categories: Nature, New York Videos Tags: Adirondacks, Moose, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Wolf relocation effort begins at Isle Royale National Park [video]
Officials say another gray wolf captured in Minnesota for relocation to the park has died “despite the best efforts of the attending veterinarians” after being trapped, sedated and driven to a holding facility for a medical exam.
On olden pond: DNR mainstay again helps kick off Great Minnesota Get-Together
Fish pond remains one of the most popular attractions at the Minnesota State Fair.
Louisiana whooping crane reintroduction gets major boost [video]
Five chicks are the most to hatch in one year in the nascent project, which launched in 2011.
Governor debate highlights final weekend of Game Fair [videos]
Tim Walz and Jeff Johnson share their views on hot topics concerning the outdoors and conservation.
2018 Summer Lower Fox Demo Farm Field Day [video]
The Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network is a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative project designed to showcase and demonstrate leading-edge conservation practices that improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing phosphorus from entering Green Bay and Lake Michigan. The partnership is the first of its kind in the Great Lakes region and it consists of eight producers within the Fox River…
Bolstering rare captive trout brood stock – through ‘cryopreservation’
For rare, native trout, “it’s like backing up your data. You store off-site what’s precious, and we’re confident that this is good for Apache trout conservation.”
Outdoor News Store
Shop our online store for products and gear: Print of the Year, Outdoor News History Book, Outdoor News Clothing and more!
