That’s Blue Mounds State Park in a nutshell – a 1,500-acre geological wonderland tucked away in the southwestern corner of Minnesota near Luverne. The dramatic quartzite cliffs of Blue Mounds rise ...

The Northland is home to several large maple trees. Growing big with very colorful leaves, they dominate the forest in fall. It is hard not to notice their dynamic blended colors at that time.

There’s no better way to observe and enjoy wildlife than when they aren’t aware of your presence, and hoping to create these conditions at the Minnesota ... connections to nature and animals ...

Natalie Ryder St. Paul — Last January, the Minnesota DNR launched a new enrollment program for private woodland owners to participate in the forest inventory program, aimed at developing a broader ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at [email protected]. A ...

(Photo courtesy of Trust for Public Land) Rochester, Minn. – Trust for Public Land (TPL), in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Pheasants Forever, announced the ...

Itasca State Park, for example, is not only the first and oldest in Minnesota, when it was established in 1891 ... as a nod to both the industrial history of the Iron Range and the power of nature to ...

Watching for the annual spring warbler migration is a wonderful way to welcome spring in Minnesota In 2024 ... and though I'd always prided myself as a nature lover, I had no idea what was happening.

The big cats were hunted out of existence in the Upper Peninsula in the early 1900s. The Minnesota DNR has set new harvesting walleye limits for the 2025 open water fishing season, and says it ...