Minnesota Mixed Bag: State Fair continues through Monday
Staff and News Reports
August 27, 2025
A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on the Minnesota State Fair.
Nature
Minnesota DNR has dollars for ‘field to forest’ program
DNR Report
August 27, 2025
St. Paul — Private landowners with open lands, such as former pastures or crop fields, can apply for financial assistance to plant trees through the Minnesota DNR‘s Field to Forest Cost-Share Program.
New Audubon Western Pennsylvania director adjusts to new role in a new state
Deborah Weisberg
August 27, 2025
Chris Bason regards the crabbing and fishing he did with his father while growing up in Delaware as some of the most memorable and important times in his life.
“That’s how I got into
No new sign of cougar cubs confirmed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last March
Bill Parker
August 27, 2025
On March 13, Roell confirmed that photographs of a pair of spotted cougar kittens had been taken in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula. The photographs were submitted to the DNR by a local
Ohio State University students report on fisheries research at Stone Lab
John Hageman
August 27, 2025
The Ohio State University’s F. T. Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island in Put-in-Bay offers scholarships for highly qualified students enrolled in classes each summer through its Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program.
Stone Lab’s
Steve Pollick: Ohio needs a ballot issue to fund H2Ohio
Steve Pollick
August 27, 2025
Gov. Mike DeWine recently hinted at coming to the aid of his high-profile H2Ohio conservation program by floating a ballot issue for public bonds to finance it, this in the wake of the state legislature’s
Federally endangered pallid sturgeon discovered in Iowa’s Des Moines River
DNR Report
August 26, 2025
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday that the federally endangered pallid sturgeon was collected for the first time from the lower Des Moines River. The discovery of two pallid sturgeon this spring
Michigan Mixed Bag: Hillsdale’s Ava Downs wins Gold in Women’s Trap in 2025 Junior Pan American Games
Staff and News Reports
August 26, 2025
Hillsdale College Student Ava Downs won a gold medal in women’s trap at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay, on Aug. 11.
Downs qualified for the games at the USA Shooting
Outdoor Observations: Isle Royale wolf euthanized after showing a reliance on human food sources
Bill Parker
August 26, 2025
Opportunistic. That best describes how most animals feed. While carnivores certainly will work a kill for dinner, if they can find an easier meal source from people, they’ll take it – again and again and
