On the North Shore, rainbow trout stocking goes wild
A change in the strain of rainbow trout stocked in Lake Superior by the Minnesota DNR marks the dawn of a new era for North...
Points North
North House adopts ‘distance socializing’
by Shawn Perich
The beehive of creativity and craft in Grand Marais isn’t buzzing. The North House Folk School has cancelled classes through May 17 and the staff...
Sea lamprey remain the scourge of Lake Superior
by Shawn Perich
The completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in the mid-20th Century forever changed the Great Lakes. The locks and canals allowed ocean-going ships to reach...
A message from steelheader Scott Thorpe regarding the March 28 opener on Wisconsin’s Bois Brule River
by Shawn Perich
My friend Scott Thorpe is well known to steelhead anglers from the Bois Brule to the Split Rock to the Cypress–and many points between and...
Temple Grandin: How animals think
by Shawn Perich
Rainy, my yellow Lab, wasn’t expecting the trash bags on our morning walk. My neighbor had piled the black sacks at the end of his...
Measuring winter snow depths by the inch
by Shawn Perich
This winter can be easily summed up with two words: snowy and mild. Once again, we have deep snow across the Northern Wilds, but the...
Stocking cuts affect designated trout lakes
by Shawn Perich
For many ice anglers the “opener” for the winter trout season is an eagerly anticipated event. The season is for native lake trout and stocked...
Old Hunter confronts CWD reality and irony
by Shawn Perich
A longtime reader from Harmony, Minn. contacted me recently to share some photos of a Minnesota DNR CWD station set up on his farm. The...