Six feet – that’s the length of the longest lake sturgeon tagged by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. And there’s a chance a Rainy River angler could catch that ...

Boaters and hunters in McLeod County have more lake access thanks to a recent project by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Some may have previously noticed there was water access to ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Going back to Bde Maka Ska, some people objected to changing the name from Lake Calhoun, so they took the state natural resources agency to court. Eventually, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled ...

The restoration process, which moved young birds from Minnesota and ... at Spirit Lake and near Sioux City. Osprey nests in Iowa. (Map courtesy of Iowa DNR) Three-fourths of the observed osprey ...

You won't find the Gulf of America on any map. If someone ... the name from Lake Calhoun, so they took the state natural resources agency to court. Eventually, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled ...

Minnesota Land Trust (MLT) and Northern Waters Land Trust (NWLT) intend to purchase 431 acres from 3M in Hubbard County. The ...