Category Archives: Outdoor News
DNR Proposes Changes To Sunfish Limits on Carnelian, Pleasant Lakes
(KNSI) - Anglers on a pair of Stearns County Lakes could be allowed to keep more sunfish next year. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking for public input on changing the regulation ...
Sep 20, 2021 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Group Pressing Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to Adopt More Robust Aquatic Invasive Species Plan
(KNSI) - Following the recent discovery of zebra mussels in two more Minnesota lakes, the Department of Natural Resources is being pressed to adopt a more robust management plan. The DNR says Horsesho...
Sep 16, 2021 Runner1928, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
City of Sartell Lifts Watering Ban; Reverting to Odd/Even Watering Schedule
(KNSI) - The City of Sartell says effective immediately, it is lifting the watering ban and reverting to the usual odd/even watering schedule. City officials say property owners can run their irrigati...
Sep 14, 2021 Unsplash
Catch-and-Release Walleye Restriction End on Mille Lacs This Week
(KNSI) - Central Minnesota's most famous walleye lake will end its catch-and-release only season this week and make changes to night fishing regulations. Walleyes have been catch-and-release only sinc...
Sep 13, 2021 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Hanover Man Dies in Hiking Accident at Interstate State Park
(KNSI) - A 39-year-old man from Hanover is dead after he fell while hiking at Interstate State Park in Taylors Falls on Saturday. The Chisago County Sheriff's Office said just before 7:45 Saturday eve...
Sep 13, 2021 Unsplash
Northern Minnesota Wildfire 67% Contained
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) - Authorities said Sunday that a vast majority of the Greenwood Lake wildfire in northern Minnesota is contained, one month after lighting ignited the blaze in the Superior Nation...
Sep 13, 2021 Associated Press
Authorities say 67% of Northern Minnesota Wildfire Contained
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) - Authorities say a vast majority of the Greenwood Lake wildfire in northern Minnesota is contained, one month after lighting ignited the blaze in the Superior National Forest. Th...
Sep 12, 2021 U.S. Forest Service Facebook Page
Clear Lake Hosting Get Youth Outdoors Day This Weekend
(KNSI) - Clear Lake is hosting the 9th Annual Get Youth Outdoors Day - Minnesota on Sunday. The free event is for boys and girls ages 9 to 17 and their families to learn more about having fun outdoors...
Sep 10, 2021 Submitted by Union Sportsmen's Alliances
Bear Sightings on the Rise As They Seek Food Amid Drought
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Black bear sightings are on the rise in Minnesota, as this summer's drought has made it harder for the animals to find the food they need to prepare for hibernation. This time o...
Sep 07, 2021 Pixabay
Weekend Rain Helps Contain Northern Minnesota Wildfires
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and weekend rain showers helped fire crews who are working to contain wildfires in northeast Minnesota. As of Sunday the Greenwood Fire burning west of Isabe...
Sep 07, 2021 This Aug. 15, 2021, photo provided by U.S. Forest Service-Superior National Forest shows a rapidly growing wildfire in northeastern Minnesota that has prompted some evacuations, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. The fire was spotted around 3 p.m. Sunday near Greenwood Lake, about 15 miles southwest of Isabella, in the Superior National Forest. (Nick Petrack/Forest Service-Superior National Forest via AP)