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    December 16, 2014
    Snowmobiles rule trails now
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds citizens that only snowmobiles can operate on the state’s grant-in-aid trail system. Due to a change this year in the way a snowmobile is legally defined, certain vehicles are no longer allowed on the trail. The new definition...
    sports / outdoorsDecember 16, 2014 - 7:56am
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    December 15, 2014
    Learn why common mergansers congregate on Lake Pepin
    The Upper Hiawatha Valley Audubon Chapter in Red Wing will sponsor the program “The Lake Pepin Red Wing Common Merganser Buildup,” which occurs during December. This buildup has been noted as the largest common merganser concentration in the world, sometimes reaching 100,000 birds....
    sports / outdoorsDecember 15, 2014 - 8:44am
    September 6, 2014
    Cannon Falls antlers on display
    The world-record deer antlers seized by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in 2009 during a poaching investigation are now on display for public viewing, the agency announced this week. The eight-point buck was illegally taken in Cannon Falls. The deer was confiscated and...
    sports / outdoorsSeptember 6, 2014 - 12:00pm
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    August 26, 2014
    In search of nature’s undertakers
    By Harland Hiemstra, DNR information officer Chris Smith is on a hunt for buried treasure. A short hike off a road in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, near Zimmerman, Minnesota, he drops to his knees next to a hole in the ground that’s been covered with chicken wire,...
    sports / outdoorsAugust 26, 2014 - 12:00am
    August 16, 2014
    Beyond the beauty and seeds
    Bruce Ause - columnist As we enter into the heart of the summer and the peak of the growing season, there is a plethora of interesting native flora available for me to point out to the visitors who accompany me on my Saturday morning interpretive hikes at Frontenac State Park. I...
    sports / outdoorsAugust 16, 2014 - 11:26am
    June 1, 2014
    Outdoor briefs
    River Bend has archery day for area women Join River Bend naturalists from 5 to 7 p.m. June 12 for the first Thursday Women in Nature outdoor skills and natural history-based program specifically for women. This monthly program series will move to Thursdays starting in June. June’s...
    sports / outdoorsJune 1, 2014 - 8:00am
    April 11, 2014
    Outdoor briefs
    Local Audubon talk to cover warbler migration The Upper Hiawatha Valley Audubon Chapter of Red Wing will host a public presentation Tuesday April 15 on the spring warbler migration along the Mississippi River valley given by noted birding expert Chase Davies. She is a retired...
    sports / outdoorsApril 11, 2014 - 11:19pm
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    December 5, 2013
    2.0 feet on Dec. 5, 2013
    River readings taken Monday thru Friday.
    sports / outdoorsDecember 5, 2013 - 9:19am
    December 4, 2013
    2.0 feet on Dec. 4, 2013
    River readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
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    November 27, 2013
    2.0 feet on Nov. 27, 2013
    River readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
    sports / outdoorsNovember 27, 2013 - 8:15am
    November 26, 2013
    1.8 feet on Nov. 26, 2013
    River readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
    sports / outdoorsNovember 26, 2013 - 9:11am
    November 22, 2013
    1.9 feet on Nov. 22, 2013
    River readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
    sports / outdoorsNovember 22, 2013 - 9:04am
    November 21, 2013
    2.1 feet on Nov. 20, 2013
    River readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
    sports / outdoorsNovember 21, 2013 - 8:39am
    November 20, 2013
    2.2 feet on Nov. 20, 2013
    River level readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
    sports / outdoorsNovember 20, 2013 - 8:12am
    November 19, 2013
    2.30 feet on Nov. 19, 2013
    River level readings taken Monday thru Friday during the shipping season.
    sports / outdoorsNovember 19, 2013 - 8:08am
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