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It is not too often you see wood ducks into November, said Paul Sundberg, who was photographing this beaver in its iced over pond when the wood duck landed. “It went over to the only open water which is where the beaver was eating. And they had lunch together,” Sundberg said.
MnDOT to install signage acknowledging 1854 Tribal Treaty boundaries
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has installed the first of 12 signs to permanently mark the boundaries of the 1854 Treaty between the United States and three Anishinaabe Tribal Nations. The sign is located on southbound Highway 61, just south of the Canadian border and entrance to Grant Portage State Park. MnDOT Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher joined Tribal leaders from […]
Travel ban lifts between U.S. and Canada
Where were the people? The ban on non-essential travel between the U.S., Mexico and Canada lifted on Monday, November 8, but the throngs of Canadians coming across the Pigeon River Border never happened. Visitors didn’t show up in Grand Portage. Not at least in the numbers hoped for. Nor in Cook County. But, said Todd Ford, the marketing director of […]
Klobuchar, Portman, Stabenow, Young introduce bipartisan bill to support Fish and Wildlife Restoration in the Great Lakes
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rob Portman (R-OH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to support fish and wildlife in the Great Lakes. As leaders of the Senate’s Great Lakes Task Force, the senators reintroduced the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act to provide critical resources to conserve and restore fish and wildlife populations […]
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Paul Sundberg took his bike out on a ride from Grand Marais to Cutface on the new Gitchi-Gami trail extension and stopped to take a picture of the new bridge over Rosebush Creek. Said Paul, “What a beautiful trail. It’s getting lots of use.”
Forest Service announces final decision on the East Zone Trails and Roads project
Facing a choice of either working with the mushing community and managing trails that pre-existed before the National Forest System plan was implemented or closing them, the Gunflint Ranger District chose to work with the mushers. “Closing these user-created trails would have disrupted the regular travel and training routes for many mushers, diminishing opportunities to participate in a sport on […]
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This mammoth bull moose, with an impressive rack of antlers, doesn’t seem to mind a sprinkling of snow across his forehead and face. While temperatures have warmed over the last week, snow is predicted in the near future, meaning winter is about here.
Decline in Bumblebee population prompts U.S. Fish & Wildlife evaluation
A November 4 press release announced that a two-decade decline in the American bumblebee population had prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to spend the next year evaluating whether to protect the species by placing it on the Endangered Species Act. According to the Center for Biological Diversity and Bombus Pollinators Association of Law Students, the American bumblebee has […]
Application period for $20,000 Alworth Scholarships began November 1
The annual application period for STEM students hoping to be awarded $20,000 Alworth Scholarships began Nov. 1 and runs through January 15, 2022. To be considered, current high school seniors, including those who are homeschooled, must have an interest in pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mathematics or scientific fields of study and reside in one of these northern Minnesota counties: […]