I don’t know how many hours he gets to spend in the woods to see all of the wildlife he does but it sure must be awe inspiring. Little one with lunch Lynx

Here’s a great opportunity to get a line wet this weekend! Minnesotans age 16 or older fish free with kids Jan. 14-16 Just about anywhere in Minnesota, chances are there are fishing opportunities nearby, and it’s a good time to …

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This man is such an amazing photographer! Thank you David for always taking wonderful photos.Pine Grosbeak Bohemian Waxwings  

It’s almost like the Groundhog’s Day movie around here. We wake up to snowflakes falling from the sky, we shovel the snow and then the next day we do it again. It’s more snow than I’ve seen in a long …

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Thanks for sharing your awesome photos David Johnson!

Matt and Cassidy went out ice fishing the other day. I haven’t heard if they caught anything yet, but at least their fishing shelter looks like a fishing shelter.

Ever see a bird and wonder what kind it is only to not remember specific details when you grab your book to look it up? That’s happened to me many times before. Now there’s an app to prevent that from …

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The Gunflint Mail Run begins tomorrow morning at Trail Center at 8am. Find out where to watch them run. Here’s wishing everyone a safe and memorable event.   Photo from the Mail Run website.  

If the temperature was a bit warmer there might be more people out and about in the Boundary Waters ice fishing. There is good ice on most of the lakes in the BWCA including Saganaga. I didn’t venture out onto …

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Just as the forecasters predicted an arctic blast of freezing cold air arrived and settled in. The temperature on the Gunflint Trail didn’t get above zero degrees all day long and the wind chill factor was -20 to -30 degrees …

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