Category: News

Matt and Cassidy have been getting outside and enjoying winter on the Gunflint Trail. Here are a few photos they have taken.  

There aren’t too many places you can experience real silence. The winter woods is one of those places and the Gunflint Trail provides ample opportunities for golden moments. For some people silence is deafening for others it is the only …

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From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources… Egg-citing news Hello eagle fans! What an egg-citing week it’s been! On Saturday, Jan. 28, at 5 p.m. central time, our regal pair laid their first egg of 2017! Well, it was obviously …

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Since 1887 groundhogs have been making predictions about how much longer our winter will be. Here’s what one said today, “My faithful followers, I clearly see, a perfect clear shadow of me. Six more weeks of winter it shall be.”

It is sure to be a great time as always and the trails are in great condition.

Minnesota Pollution Control What’s the big idea? In resolutions and sustainable consumption, keep the big idea in mind but go after it one step at a time. Did you make a resolution for the New Year? Was it to buy …

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As readers of my blog you know I love our Minnesota DNR Eagle Webcam.  I learned about a few other wildlife web cameras out there. There’s a Bison webcam in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois.  The movement of …

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I was trying to find a photo the other day and found a few nice ones I thought I would share.

I’ve been able to get out cross-country skiing a few times and it has been blissful, I can’t wait to get out again!  

I doubt the organizers of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon had concerns about trail conditions prior to this past warm spell. We had so much snow early in the season it never crossed my mind. We’re just  days away …

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