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Points North: We Need A Salesman To Lead The DNR

While we still aren’t sure who will be our next governor, some are already speculating about who our incoming leader will appoint to lead the Minnesota DNR.

All things snowflake

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now.

Points North: Whitetail Encounter Draws A Snowy Curtain On 2010 Hunt

When deer season ends, so does my hunting. Deer season is the grande finale of my outdoor year, which begins in April as soon as I can wet a line in open water.

Points North: In The Deer Woods, It’s The Year Of The Bear...And The Eagle

Around our house, this deer season is the Year of the Bear. No, we didn’t shoot a bruin. Instead, a bear cub has become our hunting party’s unofficial mascot.

Rec Park bathhouse goes solar

Last week a small crew—helped by a crane—hoisted solar panels onto the roof of a bathhouse in the Grand Marais Rec Park. Mark Morgan is installing the panels on the bathhouse roof.

Prehistoric plants grow under our winter snow

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now. Welcome, Chel.

Points North: How Will The Election Affect Conservation And The Environment?

Last week’s elections can be summed up by saying an angry swarm of voters descended on the nation’s

Frogs face the freeze in different ways

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist . She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now.

Points North: Deer hunting Is More About Living Than Killing

My father had a wry observation about deer hunting.

Waves crash over the breakwall by Stephan Hogland

October storm: the pluses and minuses

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.