Points North: In Waterfowl Management, Conservation Has Left the Room
By Shawn Perich A couple of weeks ago I took some long walks in the grouse woods, wandering down overgrown trails where people seldom go....
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Points North Cave Man Chic Is an Echo of Ourselves
By Shawn Perich A writer recently proclaimed in the New York Times that the paleo diet ceased being a trend in 2013. And, if you...
Points North Candidates Posing in Camouflage Won’t Help Public Hunting
By Shawn Perich My father had a saying. Actually, he had a few sayings, some of which were not fit to print. But this saying...
Points North Just Frosting on the Cake
By Shawn Perich September is when we reluctantly take leave of summer, which for me would be nearly unbearable were it not for grouse season....
Points North In Grand Marais, Dog-Killing Wolf Isn’t Welcome
By Shawn Perich My friend Dominique seemed awfully calm when she stopped by the office and told us she’d lost one of her dogs to...
Points North Wildfire Funding Bill Would Improve National Forest Management
By Shawn Perich Every year, starting long before spring arrives in Minnesota and lasting into the fall, U. S. Forest Service fire fighters battle wildfires...
Points North Wild Rice and Sulfates
As the annual wild rice crop ripens across the state, a scientific debate is occurring over whether the state has an appropriate water quality standard...
Points North Hunting for salmon on Lake Superior
By Shawn Perich At this time of year, keeping up with all the harvesting and foraging at hand is challenging. The garden, of course, requires...