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    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 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
    February 12, 2018
    Goggin to attend Olympic-sized ski jump presentation Tuesday
    Sen. Mike Goggin,R-Red Wing, and members of the Senate Capital Investment Committee will tour several projects in southeastern Minnesota on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 12-13. One destination for Goggin will be a ski jump presentation at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday at Baldy125, a proposed Olympic...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 12, 2018 - 1:35pm
    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
    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 26, 2017
    Car strikes bear in Pierce County traffic
    An Elmwood woman sustained minor injuries Wednesday after striking a bear on a Pierce County roadway. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded...
    news/accidentsOctober 26, 2017 - 10:21am
    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 8, 2017
    A yellow Lab retrieves a rooster pheasant during a western Minnesota pheasant hunt. Forum News Service file photo
    Challenging pheasant season expected in Minnesota, ND, SD
    DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota. Down. South Dakota. Down. North Dakota. Down. Iowa. Down. The numbers don't lie. By the numbers, hunters are...
    newsOctober 8, 2017 - 8:04am
    September 29, 2017
    A reach of recently restored Trimbelle River on the Mike and Suzanne Holst property taken June 21 this year after seeding and mulching the construction area. Spring Creek tributary is flowing into the Trimbelle from the right. This area is about a mile south of Highway 10 on County Road O and is open to public fishing and river watching. Dan Wilcox / Contributor
    Wildside column: Flowing rivers inspire thoughts of connections
    My paternal grandfather was a tall guy who grew up in upstate New York and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He coached me in fishing for trout...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 29, 2017 - 4:00pm
    September 20, 2017
    Mark Schannach combines butternut wood, basswood, colored pencils and his love of the natural world to create his art, which is on exhibit at the National Eagle Center through December 2017. Photo courtesy of the National Eagle Center
    Spotlight: National Eagle Center
    WABASHA — The work of award-winning Minnesota wildlife artist Mark Schannach has come to the National Eagle Center's Watershed Gallery....
    entertainmentSeptember 20, 2017 - 10:13am
    September 17, 2017
    ELC pizza night is Sept. 21
    Red Wing Environmental Learning Center will fire up its brick oven and serve pizzas to the community 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at 442 Guernsey Lane. Children and adults are invited to check out the facility, and potentially enjoy a slide show, music or an activity. Cost is a...
    community/eventsSeptember 17, 2017 - 8:49am
    September 14, 2017
    Letter: Bike rides provide exercise, beautiful views
    I would like to request approval of increased government support for Cannon Valley Trail. I value the trail and want to see its legacy maintained and improved over the next 10 years. My dad grew up in Cannon Falls and my grandparents are still residents. While I live in Minneapolis...
    opinion/lettersSeptember 14, 2017 - 9:02am
    August 30, 2017
    Peter Sorensen leads a University of Minnesota research team looking at ways to alter lock and dam operations in a manner that will deter the upstream movement of Asian carp. Photo by Patrick Moes
    Corps changes operations at Lock and Dam 8 to deter Asian carp invasion
    ST. PAUL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently changed how it operates Lock and Dam 8 on the Mississippi River...
    newsAugust 30, 2017 - 11:50am
    August 25, 2017
    A map of Cedar Hill and Minneiska Campgrounds at Whitewater State Park. Map via Minnesota DNR.
    Minn. DNR to open two new campgrounds at state parks
    ST. PAUL — The new $7.4 million Minneiska campground at Whitewater State Park — featuring 40 sites with electrical hookups, four non-electric...
    newsAugust 25, 2017 - 9:16am
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