A Day in the Life of a Minnesota Sled Dog
I’ve met a lot of people who love winter (some who don’t) but never have I met anyone more excited about the season than a...
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The Alchemy of Water and Weaving
When I moved to Grand Marais at the beginning of 2020, I had never lived by so much water before. I came from Minneapolis for...
Nordic Wild Salmon Soup
Since the earliest conquests of the Vikings, the bedrock of traditional Nordic fare has been an abundance of fish, seafood, root vegetables and berries. Lengthy,...
Support Local Nonprofits: Give to the Max 2021
Give to the Max Day is Minnesota’s giving holiday. Held on Nov. 18th, 2021, it is a special 24-hour period to highlight the work and...
Our Favorite Reads
The temperature is quickly dropping and snow will be here soon, so grab a cup of hot chocolate and curl up with a good book....
Balsam fir: Friend or foe?
Anyone who has spent time rambling through northern Minnesota’s forests is familiar with balsam fir. The flat needles and aromatic “Christmas tree” smell of this...
Hunting with Hawks in Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains
The dense tree canopy glistened from light rain, a creek burbled to my right, and the woods rang with the sound of a bell attached...
Hunters encouraged to submit spruce grouse feathers for genetics study
Spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests can voluntarily submit samples for the final year of a genetics research project being conducted by the...