A three-day outdoors skills program for families with teens and college-age kids will be offered this summer through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at Gunflint Lodge. Designed to provide introductory experiences, the program includes sessions on fishing, canoeing, outdoor survival skills and other activities, including horseback riding and zip-lining. “Minnesota’s outdoors have so much to offer,” said Linda […]

If you plan to boat into Canadian waters and come back into the U.S., your best bet will be to obtain Form I-68 from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency. Those forms will be available in Grand Marais at the Coast Guard Station on May 7-8 and May 14-15 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. While there is no […]

Illegal garbage burning—in open fires and burn barrels—is a persistent source of pollution in Minnesota, according to a feature story in the May-June Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine. Burning garbage can release toxins into the surrounding air, soil and water, Henry Fisher of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) told the magazine. These toxins often include dioxin, a long-lasting carcinogen that […]