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...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Adventures At Minneopa State Park By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer A newborn bison calf stood near its mother at Minneopa State Park that afternoon. One by one, the herd, located about 500 feet away, trudged to see the red brownish baby. At the site,...
by Kim Benjamin | May 23, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Bat Housing As One Antidote To The Catastrophic White-nose Syndrome By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer Deborah Locke interviewed Parks and Trails Resource Management Supervisor Ed Quinn about the health of Minnesota bats. Below is their conversation....
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 12, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Lake Bemidji State Park By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer Wouldn’t you agree that anyone or anything that reaches 100 years of age deserves a shoutout? Lake Bemidji State Park in north central Minnesota is 100 years old this year and starts its...
by Kim Benjamin | Mar 14, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Winter Animal Survival: How Do They Do It? By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer A second program at Fort Snelling State Park in February helped answer a question I’ve had for a long time. How do animals in the wild survive extremely cold winter months?...
