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Outdoors Jan 19th 2020 - 8am

DNR Report: Snowmobilers are out enjoying the trails

A blue jay eats seeds on a feeder during a recent winter day. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Jan 18th 2020 - 7am

Northland Nature: Maybe it's the winter of blue jays

Several kinds of damp lichens appear on the wet bark of a tree during the recent winter rains. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Jan 11th 2020 - 1pm

Northland Nature: Lichens respond to winter rain

Outdoors Jan 11th 2020 - 7am

DNR Report: Officers note poor ski pass compliance

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Weather Jan 20th 2020 - 7am

Monday's forecast for the Northland: Calm and dry week ahead

Columns Jan 20th 2020 - 7am

Climate column: The intractable ice

Government and Politics Jan 19th 2020 - 7pm

Stauber announces Monday reelection tour

Outdoors Jan 19th 2020 - 3pm

Dogs lost, recovered at Beargrease Cub Run

Columns Jan 19th 2020 - 11am

Volunteer Corner: Help out for candlelight events at Split Rock, Gooseberry

Columns Jan 19th 2020 - 9am

On Faith: The Bahamas 2020 missions trip

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has rejected the 2018 appraisal of the federal lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. (2002 file / News Tribune)

Government and Politics Jan 9th 2020 - 7pm

County reacts to planned Boundary Waters reappraisal

An abandoned beaver lodge has become overgrown with many kinds of plants. It is now a "lodge island." (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Jan 4th 2020 - 9am

Northland Nature: Discovering a 'lodge island'

Outdoors Jan 4th 2020 - 7am

DNR Report: Slush on lakes creates problems for anglers

Wolf Ridge Executive Director Peter Smerud shows off the box used to collect the first wild peregrine fledglings recorded in Minnesota since the population decline in the 1970s. Smerud will be in China through Jan. 16 working with nongovernmental organizations to expand their environmental education efforts. (News Chronicle file photo)

Science and Nature Jan 2nd 2020 - 8pm

China looks to Wolf Ridge for environmental education model

Snow rope (garland) as it hangs from a branch on a winter day. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Dec 28th 2019 - 9am

Northland Nature: A woods walk at year’s end

Sarah Malick-Wahls and Ryan Wahls search for birds via snowmobile and snowshoe during the 2018 Christmas Bird Count in Isabella. (News-Chronicle file photo)

Science and Nature Dec 23rd 2019 - 5am

Isabella prepares to count birds over Christmas break

Winterberry holly — our native holly — as it appears in the swamps in the fall. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Dec 21st 2019 - 10am

Northland Nature: Winterberry holly sheds leaves in winter wonderland

Outdoors Dec 21st 2019 - 8am

DNR Report: Officers note issues with modified mufflers on snowmobiles

Tracks from a deer (left) are shown in deep snow as it apparently crossed a road to enter the woods. Nearby (right), the lumbering gait tells of a bear going off to seek a wintering site. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Dec 14th 2019 - 9am

Northland Nature: Coping with deep snow

Outdoors Dec 14th 2019 - 7am

DNR Report: Officers busy with snowmobile enforcement

A deer digs through the recent snow to get to the acorns beneath. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Dec 7th 2019 - 7pm

Northland Nature: New snow tells nature's news

Outdoors Dec 7th 2019 - 7am

DNR Report: Snowmobilers take to trails; ice conditions variable

The remnants of the sea arch in Tettegouche State Park in 2010. The pillar of rocks that once made up part of the arch collapsed into Lake Superior during the weekend's winter storm. (Minnesota DNR photo)

Science and Nature Dec 1st 2019 - 5pm

Tettegouche rock stack collapses in storm

The trail of the muskrat as it wandered over the ice. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Nov 30th 2019 - 8pm

Northland Nature: Tale of the wandering muskrat

Outdoors Nov 30th 2019 - 7am

DNR Report: Heavy snow, warm weather impact ice fishing

Feather moss (ptilium) grows on a log in the woods. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Science and Nature Nov 23rd 2019 - 7pm

Northland Nature: Uncovering mosses in the woods

Outdoors Nov 23rd 2019 - 9am

DNR Report: Officers cite hunters for baiting, seize more than 2,000 spruce tops

Two female common mergansers at the edge of a lake in the autumn. (Photo courtesy of Mark Sparky Stensaas)

Science and Nature Nov 17th 2019 - 8am

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