Brook trout: The North’s wild jewels
For eight months, I’ve been waiting for now to arrive. Minnesota’s brook trout season in streams closed last Sept. 30. The season opened again in...
Shawn Perich
Boat launch etiquette
Nearly all boaters have been there. You wind up sharing the launch with another party that clearly doesn’t know the drill. Perhaps they park on...
Conservation officer Darin Fagerman to retire
Darin Fagerman of Grand Marais is getting ready to leave what he considers the best job in the state. His last day of work is...
New Scenic Café Celebrates 20 Years
In 1999, Scott Graden decided to do something different. Along the North Shore’s Scenic 61 and in the Two Harbors vicinity, there were several popular...
How Montana chose wild game over game farms
The recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease in a wild deer just a half-mile from a Merrifield deer farm has amplified discussions among hunters, deer...
Deep snows make winter difficult for deer
If you’ve struggled to get through this snowy winter, imagine what the last few months were like for white-tailed deer. Commonly seen along the North...
Fly-fishing keeps growing in the North
Fly-fishing continues to grow in popularity across the Northern Wilds as more anglers take up the sport and discover new ways to catch fish doing...
Native beetle devastating Minnesota tamaracks
The only time most Minnesotans think about tamaracks is in autumn, when, in the words of Aldo Leopold, the trees turn “smoky gold.” Also known...