Anderson: Repulsive killing of bear wasn't hunting by a long shot
Sadly, the penalties historically haven't fit poaching crimes like those of which a Brainerd man is accused.
Pioneering ecologist John Tester was driven by love for Minnesota
Tester, who died last month, helped invent radio tracking of wildlife and was early to sound the climate alarm.
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First light has a special electricity for photographers, wildlife-watchers and others
Morning twilight sees active critters, provides soft light that landscape photographers crave.
Variety
New Mexico zoo cares for endangered Mexican gray wolves
Albuquerque's zoo is celebrating the survival of one of three Mexican gray wolf pups born at the facility this year.
Local
Creatures in motion: Outdoors people look back — and ahead
Featuring outdoors people across the spectrum (from hunters to mushers to trail stewards), catch up with some Minnesotans we featured this year, and hear about their plans for 2019.
Variety
Black bears in Florida to remain off limits to hunters
The once-threatened black bear will continue to be off limits to Florida hunters, as part of a 10-year management plan approved Wednesday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Outdoors
Elevate winter with these ideas – from birding to carving hills to fatbike racing
A sampler of activities to get into the Minnesota outdoors.
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Part 1: A rainy start and sore shoulders foreshadowed the adventure to come for a father and son on the lakes near the Minnesota-Canada border.
Outdoors
Trees, animals, skis – all means to explore the outdoors
Programs and state and Three Rivers District parks.
Outdoors
Quick: What is rime? (It's not frost)
Jim Gilbert's Nature Notes: Rime is light, dense and flaky, and can make for dazzling winter scenes.
Outdoors
Lake place kept up a family tradition from youth
Cabin Country: Relishing the place near Litchfield, Minn.
Local
Charges: Brainerd hunter illegally killed, dismembered 700-pound black bear on Red Lake reservation
Brett Stimac is charged with trespassing on Indian lands to kill the bear.
Outdoors
Anderson: Nicollet Conservation Club stands out for nearly 80 years
Since 1942, Nicollet Conservation Club has made a difference.
Outdoors
Grandpas bring three deer hunters luck
Here's this week's deer hunting success stories, compiled by Dennis Anderson:
Outdoors
CWD detected on Douglas County deer farm
The announcement by the Minnesota Board of Animal Health didn't specify the location of the farm, but the finding is certain to introduce state-funded disease surveillance of the area's wild deer herd.
East Metro
Rowing club pushes Stillwater to kick-start riverfront park plans
Stillwater owns riverfront land, but doesn't yet have a master plan for it.
Outdoors
Voices: Minnesotans on getting older and staying active outdoors
Several responded to question with their tips and tweaks.
Outdoors
Walleye surplus ends on Red Lake for now
A drop of 20% is planned, to protect the stock of spawners.
Variety
Brainerd man charged after killing bear in Red Lake
A Brainerd man was charged Friday with federal misdemeanor counts of wildlife trafficking and trespassing on Indian lands after he allegedly shot and killed a bear on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, sawed off the bear's head, and left most of the carcass behind.
TV & Media
Outdoor Addiction ushers in new era of deer processing
The number of people hunting deer is on a decades-long slide, this year's harvest is off from last season, and chronic wasting disease is still a major concern.
Outdoors
Time came to get this aging body on board, writer concludes
Her outdoors routine got tougher with age; then, she got proactive and decided on a different approach.
Outdoors
Outside for life: Tips from longtimers at how to stay active
A group of Minnesotans figures out how to stay doing what they love.
Outdoors
Try skiing – or racing – at Three Rivers' celebration of ski season
Programs at state and regional parks built around the season.
Outdoors
Anderson: Gunsmithing is ancient trade steeped in modern demands
Larry Ahlman was 21 when his dad, "Cap" Ahlman, died in 1964, leaving his son a small southern Minnesota gunsmithing business saddled with $20,000 in unpaid bills.
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