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    March 25, 2018
    Landowners Mark and Judy Diercks and Beau Kennedy of the Goodhue Soil and Water Conservation District lend perspective to a dam under construction at the edge of their Belvidere Township hay field. Contractors worked with landowners to finish 25 upland dam projects throughout the Mississippi River/Lake Pepin Watershed during the 2017 season. They’re part of a Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources-funded SWCD project that will benefit trout streams.
    Trout habitat helpers: Arresting upland erosion
    GOODHUE — Mark Diercks is an occasional trout angler and full-time beef farmer whose 300-acre operation includes some of the most erosion-prone...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 25, 2018 - 7:54am
    March 17, 2018
    Latsch was found on the ground near a bald eagle nest on the Mississippi River just outside of Winona. Photo courtesy of the National Eagle Center
    National Eagle Center introduces newest bald eagle ambassador: Latsch
    The next great bald eagle ambassador has landed at the National Eagle Center. On March 4, the National Eagle Center publicly announced the name...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 17, 2018 - 6:17am
    March 12, 2018
    Audubon hosts 'Owls Detectives': Outdoors briefs
    The Red Wing Chapter of Audubon will have a special program featuring the International Owl Center 7 p.m. March 20. The program is "Owl Detectives" and will aid birders young and old in identifying owls by size, shape, silhouette and sound. A live owl accompanies the presenters as...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 12, 2018 - 4:50pm
    March 6, 2018
    Soaring in the sky
    Minnesota and Wisconsin are home to the largest population of nesting eagles in the United States outside of Alaska. That is why, if you take...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 6, 2018 - 12:13pm
    March 2, 2018
    Deadline nears to remove fish houses
    ST. PAUL — The deadline for anglers to remove fish houses from lakes in Minnesota is approaching quickly, according to a release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Removal dates are determined by an east-west line formed by U.S. Highway 10, east along Highway 34...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 2, 2018 - 9:45am
    February 10, 2018
    Photos by Kip Earney
    Giving back: Area residents help with wood duck houses
    In the depths of winter, the cold can be unforgiving to an outdoorsman. One group of local outdoor enthusiasts annually takes up the challenge,...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 10, 2018 - 7:00am
    January 30, 2018
    Photo courtesy of The Davey Tree Expert Company
    Take a second look at that brown evergreen
    Evergreen trees are usually the only thing green in our winter landscape. But when plagued by harsh weather or infestation in winter, the trees...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 30, 2018 - 6:04pm
    January 16, 2018
    This golden eagle was spotted by Kevin Smith during the Red Wing Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Kevin Smith
    Red Wing Christmas Bird Count
    Good weather, skilled birders, as well as sunshine helped make this year's Red Wing Christmas Bird Count one of our best. The total bird species...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 16, 2018 - 7:49am
    December 13, 2017
    Ellie Nawrocki shot her first buck with a crossbow on Nov. 4 and her gun-hunting buck on Dec. 2. She is 11 years old and was hunting with her father, Chad Nawrocki, under the mentoring program with the state of Wisconsin. The gun buck was shot during the metro subunit extended hunt using a .243 rifle. Both bucks were harvested out of the same box blind in Pierce County during the 2017 hunting season. Photos courtesy of Chad Nawrocki
    Ellie Nawrocki shoots first bucks under mentoring program
    Ellie Nawrocki shot her first buck with a crossbow on Nov. 4 and her first gun-hunting buck on Dec. 2. She is 11 years old and was hunting with...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 13, 2017 - 4:00pm
    December 8, 2017
    Sam Cook
    Vehicle venison: A roadkill philosophy
    A Duluth, Minn., man I know was returning from the Twin Cities recently when he came upon a car pulled off to the side of Interstate 35. The...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 8, 2017 - 7:32am
    November 1, 2017
    Employees working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources call center post for a photo. Expanded hours were announced this week to help field questions from the public. Submitted photo
    From identifying scat to songbirds, Minnesota call center answers questions from the field
    BRAINERD, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources boosted its call center hours for curious Minnesotans spending time in...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 1, 2017 - 2:31pm
    October 27, 2017
    The proposed antlerless deer hunt Saturday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, will not be conducted. North Dakota Game and Fish Department photo
    Proposed late-season deer hunt in southeastern Minnesota will not occur
    A late-season antlerless only deer hunt proposed for three southeastern Minnesota permit areas with deer populations significantly above goal...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 27, 2017 - 9:09am
    October 23, 2017
    Flora Wegner visited 14 national parks and monuments in 14 days as part of Every Kid in a Park and the Junior Ranger Program. In addition, the Wegners made a stop in Guernsey, Wyo., to see the solar eclipse in the zone of totality. Jake Pfeifer / RiverTown Multimedia
    14 national parks in a fortnight
    With the school year back in full session, it can be a nice breath of fresh air to reminisce about summer vacation. Going to the beach or cabin...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 23, 2017 - 8:45am
    October 9, 2017
    Eric Olson was thrilled to see that each location in the 2017 National Walleye Tour was jig fishing. Years of experience helped him catch many large walleyes. Photo courtesy of Eric Olson
    Red Wing local finishes second for Angler of the Year
    For most people, fishing is a hobby or even a way of life, but for Red Wing resident Eric Olson, it’s also his profession. It’s that expertise...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 9, 2017 - 2:14pm
    September 27, 2017
    Enjoy wild game safely this hunting season
    Wisconsin health officials are reminding hunters, their families and anyone who serves or eats wild game to make sure the meat is cooked thoroughly...
    sports/outdoorsSeptember 27, 2017 - 10:03am
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