For decades, Dillon Reservoir has been a place where anglers could hook the fish of a lifetime — a 10-pound, 30-inch wild brown trout.

But the brown trout population in one of Colorado’s most visible and accessible mountain reservoirs has declined in recent years, prompting state wildlife officials to consider stricter fishing regulations ...Read more

Years ago when I lived in Ely and grouse season rolled around, as it will again Saturday, I regularly strolled into the woods toting a Model 12 Winchester.

I had cut down this vintage smoke pole from its original 30 inches to a more swingworthy 28 and bored it for Briley chokes, screwing in the cylinder option for Ol' Ruff. The Winchester wasn'...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Don't expect an army of camouflaged hunters to cut through your backyard during a limited archery deer hunt planned for two city parks. Pittsburgh's first citywide deer management plan attempts to reduce unwanted nuisance deer while keeping unwanted hunters off private properties.

On Aug. 30, the city abruptly announced a multi-...Read more

GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. — On the morning of July 6, Michelle Harris saw a huge canid with yellow eyes dash across a fire road lined with charred snags and giant sequoias blackened by recent wildfires.

The animal “paused, started to pace and made clipped barking sounds — like it was very worried about something,” ...Read more

Two days into her first hunting trip, Rikki Folger sat still in a blind near a creek in Nebraska, preparing as the first turkey of the day started running toward a decoy.

Folger, 30, didn’t rush the shot. She took a deep breath while her blind-mate, Mike Johnson of Fort Collins, plugged his ears, and the turkey went down quickly and cleanly. ...Read more

The inclination today is to dress up this column in reader-friendly terms and headline it, "Five takeaways from this weekend's continuing teal hunt 'experiment.' "

But that would trivialize the historic nature of what's happening — what's happened — to Minnesota duck hunting.

So I'll leave it to readers to decide how many takeaways, if any...Read more

Iowa livestock hauler Jim Denney didn't know where he was on Lake of the Woods when he lost his wallet in July 2022.

He had fished for hours on a churning lake with four friends. Back on shore, when he realized the billfold was gone, he surmised that it had worked its way out of his bib overalls while he sat on a ledge of the boat. The leather ...Read more

CLOQUET, MINN. – Driving into the University of Minnesota's Cloquet Forestry Center on the outskirts of this town can seem like entering a summer camp.

Unassuming frame and log buildings bear the hues of the tall pines that surround the structures, and the center's staff and students exude the relaxed appearance of counselors, dressed as they...Read more

Under the noses of walkers, runners and bikers in local parks, there is a new type of the delectable garlicky onions known as ramps.

It's not the common wide-leaved ramp species, Allium tricoccum, that is the popular wild leek sought by foragers in the region.

Botanists have discovered a new species of ramps for the state — Allium burdickii ...Read more

Idaho Fish and Game has received more reports this year of a non-native fish species in the Snake and Salmon rivers, prompting the agency to raise the alarm about potential impacts on struggling salmon and steelhead.

In a news release, Fish and Game officials said they’ve received numerous reports of walleye, a predatory fish from the Midwest...Read more

The Minnesota State Fair is back this week to remind us what we like about our state and about each other.

Minnesotans, it turns out, really, really like looking at fish.

Every year, crowds gather in the cool oasis behind the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources building. A concrete pond filled with clear water from the fairgrounds well ...Read more

IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA — A throwback of sorts, Dallas Hudson makes his own bows and arrows, takes long walks in the woods carrying a notebook and isn't averse, as on this evening, to forgo an outboard motor for a pair of oars.

Saying we would be fishing for crappies would be accurate but not completely so. There would be some of that, but also...Read more

A fugitive 400-pound female bear identified by California wildlife officials as 64F and known to the public as “Hank the Tank,” linked to 21 home break-ins and property damage south of Lake Tahoe, has been cleared for relocation across state lines to a refuge in eastern Colorado.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have approved this ...Read more

That Chuck Delaney, at age 90, is still running Game Fair, which opened last Friday in Ramsey, Minn., for two three-day weekends, is only surprising if you don't know the life he has lived.

Having been alone now for almost two years since the death of his wife, the famed dog trainer and world champion trapshooter Loral I Delaney, Chuck could ...Read more