MINNEAPOLIS — Autumn doesn’t officially start until Sept. 22, but it already looks like the beginning of fall in parts of northern Minnesota.

The U.S. Forest Service’s regional fall color report last week singled out the Chippewa National Forest, where it said the transition already is striking: “Trees show hints of yellow, orange and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The number of Minnesota pheasants counted in a recently completed August roadside survey jumped nearly 50% from the tally recorded last year, coming in 21% above the 10-year average, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

Steven Woodley, acting DNR upland game research scientist, said all regions of the pheasant range...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Ron Schara was hired by the Minneapolis Tribune in 1967 to pen that newspaper’s outdoors column. He was making $6,000 a year writing for the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, and the Tribune offered him twice that amount.

“I took it,” Schara said. “Part of my interview was over lunch with the sports editor, ...Read more

Giving new meaning to the fishing term “catch and release,” a Tennessee angler reeled in something bat shaped that proved to be an undetonated explosive from World War II, officials say.

It happened Wednesday, Aug. 27, and resulted in an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team being dispatched to the Sequoyah Hills boat ramp in Knoxville, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — “We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses.” — Aldo Leopold

That early teal and over-water goose hunting seasons will be offered beginning Sept. 6 by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, followed by a Youth Waterfowl Weekend, is evidence of just ...Read more

DENVER — When I first started fly-fishing in Colorado four summers ago, I quickly learned that not all outfitters and guide services are set up for every angler — or any female anglers at all.

Sometimes, that meant tripping over borrowed men’s waders that were three sizes too large, or face-planting in the Eagle River because the ...Read more