Outdoors
Anderson: What to pack if you're headed to the Boundary Waters
To fish the boundary waters effectively, you needn't bring along a big tackle box. But here's what you should pack before you leave.
Live animals, meat, ivory, wood seized in trafficking stings
Thousands of live animals along with tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber were seized in a monthlong global crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade that Interpol said exposed the international reach of traffickers.
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Trophy tales: Teen, two kids find success at Lake of the Woods
A look at this week's memorable fish catches.
Outdoors
Minnetonka high schoolers dominate the field in youth fishing tournament
Youth anglers from the Minnetonka fishing team took the top two places and tied for third in one of the state's premier high school fishing tournaments.
Outdoors
Minnesota fishing report
Where the fish have been biting
Outdoors
Anderson: Prep trap shooting is going over with a bang - but needs help
The Minnesota high school trap shooting championship this year will attract more than 8,000 students over nine days, but youth participation in bird hunting, deer hunting and fishing has been declining rapidly.
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![Aous Issoulaimani a third grader at School of Engineering Arts pulled in a sunfish Wolfe Lake Thursday 12, 2016 in St. Louis Park, MN.] The FiN fishin](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/JACBIFRU4YDD6FMAKD2CXLCKLE.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
A Top 10 list of Twin Cities fishing ponds for Father's Day
DNR promotes "Fishing in the Neighborhood."
Outdoors
New book lauds unique grandeur of St. Croix and Namekagon rivers
St. Croix and Namekagon rivers get stirring treatment in a book that coincides with the anniversary of legislation in 1968 that protects them.
Outdoors
Author Porter Fox digs into fascinating history of the northland along 'America's Forgotten Border'
Author finds that the wild endures along border from Maine to Minnesota.
Outdoors
Gallery: Book captures grandeur of St. Croix and Namekagon rivers
Photo book coincides with 50-year anniversary of Wild and Scenic Rivers Act that protects the waterways.
Outdoors
Currents: Jessica Ostrov, educator and advocate for equity in the outdoors
What outdoors people are doing, listening to, following, reading and more.
Local
Boater's body recovered from northern Minnesota lake
The boat's operator had been rescued on the day of the incident.
Outdoors
Outdoors club at Minneapolis high school opens new worlds to kids
Edison High is all about opportunity to expose city kids to wonders of the wilderness.
Outdoors
Paddle sports, fishing basics are among parks programs
Activities at state and regional parks speak to the season.
Outdoors
The characters have changed, but the cabin has stood firm
"Somewhere in the teens of the last century, timbermen finally carved their way into the last corners of Itasca County's forest."
Local
Sending off the season with #Stribspring images
Readers tagged hundreds of photos and shared them on social media.
Outdoors
Reduced walleye, sauger bag limits in the offing for Lake of the Woods
DNR considers sustainability plan for walleye and sauger.
Local
One northern Minnesota boater rescued, another still missing
The men were tossed from their boat early Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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