A female wolf brought to Isle Royale from Grand Portage last October has returned to the Grand Portage area after walking home across an ice bridge that formed during this recent extreme cold weather. The wolf was tracked through its radio collar. Immediately following the end of the government shutdown, National Park Service (NPS) personnel went to Isle Royale to […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News- Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to […]
BWCA Wilderness permits on hold due to malfunction in national recreation reservation system
On January 30, permits for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) went on sale to the public through the national recreation reservation system (Recreation.gov). Soon after the permit reservation process opened, many users were not able to access the reservation system. The Recreation.gov team, both agency and contractor staff, soon discovered a problem with how the national system servers were […]
The Toothbrush Run
There has been an increased interest in backpacking on snowmobiles, much like a motorcycle trip, or dare I say a BW.. Never mind. Anyway, the popular trip seems to be from Silver Bay to Portage while making two or three stops along the way. Packing light is essential, to the extent that one guy calls it the toothbrush run because […]
Seventh- and eighthgrade basketball team finishes second in Polar League tournament
If the recent Polar League seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ basketball tournament is any indication, Cook County’s girls’ basketball future looks bright. The girls traveled to Esko on Saturday, Feb. 2, to play in the 12-team tournament against the likes of Esko, Barnum, Moose Lake-Willow River, and Cromwell. First up, the girls beat Esko Gold and then defeated Cromwell to advance […]
