Frozen lakes, deep winter take a toll on wildlife
Bemidji PioneerTim Nelson MPR News 91.3 FM ROSEVILLE — Think this winter has been tough? Be glad you’re not a duck —or a trumpeter swan.“Always when you...
View ArticleDecision on sulfate wild rice limit, and where it will be enforced, could be...
Bemidji PioneerJohn Myers Forum News Service DULUTH — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Wednesday released its preliminary findings on how much sulfate pollution is too much for wild...
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Famous snowy owl set free after rehab in Minnesota
Bemidji PioneerBy John Lundy Forum News Service SUPERIOR, Wis. — With a flurry of powerful wings and not even a glance back, what may be the most famous owl...
View ArticleNew state parks and trails commission seeks applicants
Bemidji PioneerBEMIDJI -- Northwest Minnesota residents interested in parks and trails filled City Hall on Tuesday for a planning meeting to help establish an area counterpart to the new statewide...
View ArticleBook signing set for Bemidji on new trail guide
Bemidji PioneerBEMIDJI -- From trailheads to trail maps, the first-ever guide to the Minnesota portions of the North Country Trail offers a comprehensive look at the trail.The "Guide to the...
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As farming booms, some prairie songbirds fall silent
Bemidji PioneerDAN GUNDERSON MPR News 91.3 FM Moorhead — Northern prairies saw some songbirds return in the 1990s as farmers shifted cropland into grasses. Crop prices were poor then,...
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Chemicals spread into Minnesota groundwater
Bemidji PioneerDave Peters and Elizabeth Dunbar MPR News 91.3 FM ST. PAUL — In what may be the nation’s most extensive study of its kind, a survey of 118...
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Dinner Time
Bemidji PioneerA yellow-bellied sapsucker caught and ate this unfortunate ant after stopping at a tree along the Montebello cross country ski trail.
View ArticleSingle zebra mussel confirmed in Green Lake
Bemidji PioneerCarolyn Lange Forum News Service SPICER — The one tiny zebra mussel that was found Monday on a dock on the southeast side of Green Lake isn’t much...
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A half-century of wilderness: 1964 federal law set stage for the second ‘W’...
Bemidji PioneerJohn Myers Forum News Service DULUTH — The wheels were set in motion in 1902, when federal officials set aside a half-million acres in northeastern Minnesota, keeping it...
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Northern long-eared bat gets threatened status
Bemidji PioneerWASHINGTON -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it will protect the northern long-eared bat as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act....
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Photo of the Day: Immature eagle
Bemidji PioneerAn immature bald eagle is perched among a stand of popple trees.http://drapersview.areavoices.com/2015/04/30/photo-of-the-day-immature-eagle/
View ArticleDNR lifts burning restrictions in much of Minnesota
Bemidji PioneerST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources lifted burning restrictions Thursday in numerous Minnesota counties due to decreased fire danger because of precipitation and...
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'Are you looking at me?'
Bemidji PioneerA big old porcupine wanders through the northwoods near Bemidji on Monday evening.
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Potato giant defends company's land stewardship in water permit flap
Bemidji PioneerPARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- The patriarch of the biggest potato producer in the world says his company is not the poor environmental steward critics have accused it of being...
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READER PHOTO: Monarch caterpillar
Bemidji PioneerGregg Kotas captured this photo of a monarch caterpillar near Bemidji.
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PHOTO GALLERY: October sunrise
Bemidji PioneerIt was a beautiful morning Wednesday on Lake Bemidji.
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Cougars make a Midwest comeback, but likely won't boom in Minnesota
Bemidji PioneerCougar populations are making a comeback in the Midwest, but the cats likely won’t be letting out a big roar in Minnesota anytime soon.A new study coauthored...
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Rare bird spotted in Minnesota, last sighting reported 21 years ago
Bemidji PioneerDETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- The crowds have been gathering at a rural Becker County farm recently for a rare sight in these parts.A peculiar, brilliantly, bright red...
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