by Kim Benjamin | Feb 2, 2024 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Getting Ready To Plant A Backyard Tree By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer About two years ago I bought a tiny, flocked pine tree with tiny lights from Sam’s Club. It brightened a screen porch table at Christmas and by spring, still looked green. My...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 5, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Adventures At Fort Snelling State Park – What You Don’t See You Will Hear: The Search For Wily Woodpeckers By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer Maybe like me, your first introduction to woodpeckers took place in the 1960s on a 30-minute television...
by Kim Benjamin | Oct 18, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
The Push-Pull of Nature – Wild River State Park Completes Exhibits and Visitor Center Improvements By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer A couple years ago in the fall, park naturalist Mike Dunker returned to the Wild River State Park visitor center...
by Kim Benjamin | Sep 17, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Work That Blends Two Worlds – A Conversation With Roger James, Grand Portage Naturalist By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer Below is an interview with Leland “Roger” James (Ojibwe), the parks and trails naturalist at Grand Portage State Park in...
by Kim Benjamin | Aug 15, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
New Junior Ranger Program Promotes Life-Long Love For The Outdoors By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer One of the best features of the new Minnesota Parks and Trails Junior Ranger Program book is that it gets adults thinking, too. Here’s another great...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 19, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Adventures at Interstate State Park By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer The thing about learning the past amid massive rock cliffs, green forest and a winding river is that it makes you feel miniscule. Maybe that’s a good thing. It’s like looking at an...