by Kim Benjamin | Oct 14, 2022 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Leaving Things A Little Bit Better By Dan Ruiter, DNR Regional Information Officer Dave Terry’s life has come full circle, and from all appearances, he couldn’t be happier with returning to where he started from. Dave is one of the buildings and grounds...
by Kim Benjamin | Aug 18, 2022 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Bison At Minnesota State Park Produce Record Number Of Calves By Deborah Locke, Dept. of Natural Resources Information Officer For reasons that are not entirely clear, a record number of bison calves have been born at Minneopa State Park, located near...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 29, 2022 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Society Renames Gypsy Moth To Spongy Moth By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff Last summer, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) with a recommendation from its Better Common Names Committee dropped using the common name “gypsy...
by Kim Benjamin | May 11, 2022 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
One of Nature’s Harbingers of Spring: State Park Wildflowers By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources During her career as a naturalist for Minnesota Parks and Trails, Megan Johnsen eagerly observed the many wildflower species that bloomed in the parks where...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 23, 2022 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Conserving Parkland Forests In A Changing Climate By Cheri Zeppelin, Northeast Regional Information Officer, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State parklands, trails, waysides and recreation areas cover some 234,500 acres in Minnesota and include a wide...
by Kim Benjamin | Apr 9, 2022 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Buckthorn Be Gone – Invasive Species A Four-Season Challenge To State Parks And Trails Staff By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer Last fall at Afton State Park near Hastings, 60 fenced-in goats ate about three acres of buckthorn leaves and bark...
