The lakes on the Gunflint Trail are becoming less solid and more liquid by the day. A drive up the Gunflint Trail yesterday showed liquid bays on Poplar lake but some ice still floating around. Either the wind had …
I have probably told you before I love the television show "Survivor." Back when we paid for TV programming we never missed an episode but for a number of years post paid TV and pre-internet viewing we didn’t get …
It looks like a scene from the horror movie "The Blob." Lake ice being pushed ashore by waves of water crawls towards buildings in its path. Nothing appears able to stop it as it pushes through windows and doors …
The Gunflint Trail isn’t normally busy for the Minnesota fishing opener and this year it was even less busy than normal. The solid state of most of the lakes made fishing in a boat a bit of a challenge. …
Judge C.R. Magney State Park in Minnesota is home of the famous Devil’s Kettle of the Brule River. It was named for Judge Magney because he was an advocate for starting state parks and helped start 11 state parks …
Don’t get too excited, no one is proposing wind turbines near the Boundary Waters, at least not that I know of. Could it happen? If cell towers and mining are allowed nearby then I guess one never knows. What …
Great photography is often about being in the right place at the right time. Recently a photographer captured some amazing owl photos on the north shore of Lake Superior. Tom Samuelson and a friend were in the right place …
When my kids were little we spent lots of time watching Animal Kingdom or Planet Earth. It was a compromise since I didn’t want them to have much if any screen time but if it was educational then it …
Bill Hansen, owner of Sawbill Outfitters took this amazing video of two lynx the other day. What an awesome opportunity to view wildlife made even more incredible by the fact he was able to record it. He thinks they …
I love reading the DNR Weekly reports from their Conservation Officers. I think it’s great they have to prepare a weekly report, I think all government workers should have to do that… In any case here’s the report from …