The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed an aerial seeding project via helicopter to disperse jack pine, white pine and black spruce seeds on DNR-managed forests across the state. The flights are part of
Outdoor Retailer, a premier B2B trade show for the $1.2 trillion North American outdoor industry, will make its new home in Minneapolis, debuting August 19–21, 2026, with a renewed focus on collaboration, learning, and shared
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council has approved a recommendation for more than 50 projects for a total $165.15 million available via the Legacy Amendment’s Outdoor Heritage Fund.
Each of the projects received partial funding,
Scientists analyzed the distribution of three potentially harmful tick species in Illinois, identifying regions of the state with higher numbers of these ticks and, therefore, at greater risk of infection with multiple tick-borne diseases.
A group of former national park superintendents early this week was calling on the Trump administration to close the parks to visitors in case of a government shutdown.
Past shutdowns in which parks remained
The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources is now accepting grant applications for the Keep it Clean Program, a new initiative that aims to protect Minnesota’s lakes by preventing water pollution from garbage and
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which currently protects over 58.8 million acres of national forest land from road-building, logging, and other industrial activity, represents one of the most significant protections for wildlife habitat in
Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture.
Now,
After more than a decade in the works, a major access has opened for the public on the Cedar River State Water Trail, about five miles south of Austin, Minn.
Paddlers now can exit
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