Nesting Bald Eagle Web Cam
I could spend all day watching a nesting bald eagle, if only I had enough bandwidth. Maybe you have good internet and can keep an eye on the eagle for me? The DNR has a webcam on a pair …
Minnesota Moose Won’t Be Hunted in 2013
The good news is there won’t be a moose hunt in Minnesota in 2013. The bad news is the moose population has dropped by over 50% since 2010 and 35% since just last year. The Minnesota DNR announced the …
Dreaming of Camping in the Boundary Waters
I dream every night and almost every morning I could tell you about a dozen different stories of my nightly escapades. Last night I was camping in the BWCA for a portion of the evening. I wish I could …
Winter Tracks in the BWCA
Winter Tracks is here in Cook County from February 1-10th, 2013. There are tons of activities to choose from and the snow is plentiful. This weekend I made some tracks of my own when I went out snowshoeing in …
Moose Matter
I love moose. As you may have read earlier this week I started a petition on Change.org to encourage the Minnesota DNR to stop the moose hunt. A big thank you to all of you who have signed and here’s …
Are There Degrees of Guilty?
I’m glad this blip from the Minnesota Energy Challenge didn’t contain my statistics for plastic bottles of Diet Coke! If only you could get Diet Coke from a faucet for the same price as water. I’d have a never …
Is it Ever Too Cold For the Groundhog to Come Out of His Hole?
I was researching the answer to the above question when I stumbled upon some interesting information regarding Groundhog’s Day. Maybe everyone knows these facts and I’m just a little slow but I was surprised to find out there’s more to Groundhog’s …
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Ice Fishing on Saganaga Lake
I will start this blog post out by whining about not having been invited to go ice fishing the other day. I guess they had a good time and caught fish too, lucky them! Mark Ceminsky and Chad …
On the Gunflint Trail?
If you happen to be on the Gunflint Trail on the 9th of February then you won’t want to miss a presentation by Dave Battistel. He’s the leading expert in all things Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway- the …
Strike Three- But Still Alive
An explorer from Grand Marais, Minnesota just failed at his 3rd attempt to summit Mt. McKinley alone in January. He wanted to be the first person to summit the mountain alone but conditions were not in his favor. …