The Superior Hiking Trail Association is seeking volunteers for a five day Trail Renewal Project to rehabilitate approximately half a mile of the Superior Hiking Trail near Lusten, Minn. The project will need 100 volunteers total, or about 20 people per day, to help rehab damaged tread between the Poplar River Bridge at Lutsen Mountains and the SHT Mystery Mountain […]
Wild rice season opens soon, but harvesters must ensure rice is ripe
DNR offers tips for those new to harvesting or considering taking up the activityAs the August 15 wild rice season opening date approaches, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds harvesters that rice stands must also be ripe before they may be legally harvested. Wild rice harvesters going out during the upcoming season will find variable conditions this year in many areas of Minnesota. “While we’ve heard reports of good rice in some […]
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Can anyone identify this weird bug? Butch Schulte took this picture recently near his Grand Marais house. He said he has never seen a bug like this before. Neither have we here at the newspaper office. If you know what it is please email ccnh@boreal.org with your answer.
Ruffed grouse counts up unexpectedly from last year
Sharp-tailed grouse population also sees increase in east-central MinnesotaMinnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are up from last year, which was not expected during the current declining phase of the 10-year cycle — a pattern recorded for 72 years. “While ruffed grouse drumming counts are up, they are not a reliable way to predict the fall hunting season,” said Charlotte Roy, grouse project leader with the Minnesota Department […]
DNR to hold two online confiscated equipment auctions
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has scheduled two public auctions of confiscated fishing, hunting and trapping equipment, one on Saturday, August 27 and the other on Saturday, October 1. The auctions, which will be held online, include 316 firearms, 67 bows and a variety of other equipment. All of the equipment was confiscated following serious game and fish violations. […]
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 all […]