Points North

My dog and I spend a lot of time in remote places where cell phone coverage is nonexistent. Most often, no one knows where we...

The gray wolf is a political animal. On October 29, days before the election, the Trump Administration announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was...

Deer antlers on wooden plaques adorn the walls of my office. It is rare for someone to remark about them when they come into the...

It’s been a crazy year along the North Shore by any measure. The coronavirus pandemic has dominated our corner of the world (indeed, nearly all...

Years ago, I was driving across the Shoe Lake Road north of Hovland on a late October afternoon. A fresh dusting of snow, unmarked by...

The Minnesota DNR recently announced that it was opening up the grasslands on state Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) for emergency haying and grazing to meet...

On July 4, Crystal Gail Welcome of Grand Rapids, Minn. will begin a 300-mile thru-hike of the Superior Hiking Trail. Before embarking on her adventure,...

Sometimes people enter your life by happenstance and become your friend. Doc Morgan was one of those people. Professionally, Dr. Paul R. Morgan was a...