Squirrels are one of a handful of creatures that have adapted to harsh winter conditions, a variety of traits and habits enable them to live in Minnesota all year long. Pixabay photo.

Northland Outdoors Dec 30th 2020 - 6pm

Column: How do animals survive winter in northern Minnesota?

Winter in Minnesota can result in bitterly cold temperatures and heavy snowfall. This means that animals must leave, hibernate or adapt to the harsh conditions. Low temperatures and the lack of food access forces animals to take action or face death.

Ticks and other parasites are behind much of the decline in moose populations. Dreamstime / TNS

Northland Outdoors Dec 30th 2020 - 11am

What's killing Idaho moose? In many cases, infestations of ticks and other parasites

Northland Outdoors Dec 30th 2020 - 10am

Volunteer group lobbying for a voice on behalf of Minnesota anglers, fishery resources

What can we learn from moss about going dormant in times of stress while still having a plan for reopening? (Photo by Emily Stone)

Northland Outdoors Dec 30th 2020 - 7am

Natural Connections: New Year's resolutions

Where there's a will, there's a way, as the old saying goes, and fisheries crews for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department were able to collect pike and walleye eggs last spring with a bit of improvising to minimize the risks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors Dec 28th 2020 - 6am

The outdoors in 2020 – a look back: COVID-19 pandemic drove people outdoors in record numbers

The nature trail in the Lee Kay Family Educational Forest winds for more than half a mile through the hardwood trees. Steve Gardiner / RiverTown Multimedia

Northland Outdoors Dec 27th 2020 - 7am

Family donation blazes trail for educational experience

Hays Lodge is located north of Fullerton in Dickey County, North Dakota. Submitted photo

Northland Outdoors Dec 27th 2020 - 6am

In North Dakota, lodges see pandemic boost during hunting season

A bald eagle keeps a watchful eye above Wisconsin Highway 13 near the unincorporated community of Cloverland in Douglas County on Sunday, May 24, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic kept the DNR from conducting its annual survey of bald eagle nests for the first time in 50 years. (File / Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

Northland Outdoors Dec 26th 2020 - 7am

COVID-19 pandemic prevents aerial survey of bald eagles for first time in decades

Don Erickson, of Superior, skis along the Superior Municipal Forest trail on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. A new state report shows that outdoor recreation contributes $7.8 billion to Wisconsin's economy. (File / Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

Northland Outdoors Dec 25th 2020 - 9am

Report: Outdoor recreation is worth $7.8B to Wisconsin economy

A Bohemian waxwing as seen in a crab apple tree. Notice the crest, the black near the eyes and the yellow on the tail. (Photo by Mark Sparky Stensaas)

Northland Outdoors Dec 24th 2020 - 7am

Northland Nature: Counting birds in Carlton County

A series of photos from a trail camera shows a coyote bounding across the driveway (two right-hand panels) and a fox trotting along three hours later to sniff the coyote’s tracks (left panel). (Photo courtesy of Emily Stone)

Northland Outdoors Dec 23rd 2020 - 7am

Natural Connections: Christmas every morning

A ball flies towards the hoop at the new multi-use court at Central Park built this year, with a full basketball court on one side and pickleball court on the other. Superior is planning to build something similar in Heritage Park next year. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

Northland Outdoors Dec 23rd 2020 - 6am

Projects line up for Superior parks, trails

Water sprays out to form the base layer of ice at the Red Barn Rink in Superior in 2018. A limited number of ice rinks open over Christmas with more expected to open next week. (File / Telegram)

Northland Outdoors Dec 22nd 2020 - 6pm

Superior ice rinks open for the holidays

Spencer Paulis, a senior UMD computer science maor, has developed Skiwise, a new mobile app for your smartphone that allows skiers and groomer operators the chance to upload ski reports to share. (Photo courtesy Spencer Paulis)

Northland Outdoors Dec 21st 2020 - 7am

Duluth college student puts logic, science into skiing app

The Black Hole Ice Shack, Sasquatch model is one of several built in the manufacturing shop in Verndale.
Michael Johnson/Pioneer Journal

Northland Outdoors Dec 20th 2020 - 6am

Ice fishing shack business sees slick sales just a year into operation

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count, held every year for 10 days before and after Christmas, is the longest-running citizen-science project in the world. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Dec 19th 2020 - 7pm

Christmas Bird Count wasn't always about counting live birds

Kaycee, a yellow Labrador retriever owned by Jeff Meyer of Rochester, Minnesota, was caught in a body grip or Conibear trap in 2012 while hunting pheasants in southern Minnesota. Kaycee survived, but 35 dogs have been killed in traps in Minnesota since 2012. (Photo courtesty Jeff Meyer)

Northland Outdoors Dec 18th 2020 - 7pm

After trapping death of his favorite hunting dog, man working to change Minnesota laws

One bobcat sits on the ice of the St. Louis River in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Dec. 16., while two others sit on a dead tree hanging over the shore. (Photo by Mike Mayou of Duluth)

Northland Outdoors Dec 18th 2020 - 6pm

Duluth photographer's video of 3 bobcats on frozen St. Louis River goes viral

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed suit against the Minnesota DNR for failing to protect threatened lynx forest cats. (News Tribune / file)

Northland Outdoors Dec 18th 2020 - 4pm

Group sues Minnesota DNR for failing to protect lynx

Tracks left by deer that stepped out onto ice with a light snow cover. Surprised by a the ice surface, they subsequently went into a slipping-sliding movement and quickly left the ice to walk again on more solid, and less slippery, land. (Photo by Larry Weber)

Northland Outdoors Dec 18th 2020 - 7am

Northland Nature: Deer slip, slide on ice

Northland Outdoors Dec 16th 2020 - 6pm

Five pieces of gear before you head out for early ice fishing

Our world has many webs. From spider webs, to food webs, to the interwebs, they are all incredibly important. (Photo courtesy of Emily Stone)

Northland Outdoors Dec 16th 2020 - 7am

Natural Connections: Riddles and webs

Wolf researcher Dave Mech poses with 18 of the moose jawbones he colleded in the winter of 1960 as part of early research on Isle Royale into the predator/prey relationship between wolves and moose. (Photo courtesy University of Minnesota Press)

Northland Outdoors Dec 15th 2020 - 7am

Researcher explains beginnings of Isle Royale wolf-moose study

(Courtesy of Kayla Krasselt Photography)

Small Business Dec 13th 2020 - 6pm

Inventor builds business on keeping kids warm in the snow

An ermine (short-tailed weasel) as seen in its winter coat. Note the black tip on the tail. (Photo by Mark Sparky Stensaas)

Northland Outdoors Dec 11th 2020 - 7am

Northland Nature: The visitor on the porch

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