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Lynx Protection And Trapping In Minnesota
Trappers across the Boundary Waters and Cook County will no longer be allowed to use certain types of snares following a federal ruling that directs the Minnesota Depa...

DNR Conservation Officers Win Award For Helping Person In BWCA
Two Minnesota DNR conservation officers were recognized this month for helping to save a man's life in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness last March. Conservat...

Fish Consumption From Lakes Near Lake Superior And BWCA
Many WTIP listeners were alarmed when a recent study found that wild caught, freshwater fish in the United States are far more contaminated with the toxic chemicals th...

Minnesota DNR Officials Share Their Favorite Winter Fish Recipes
In the late 1980s, Minnesota conservation officers, formerly widely known as game wardens, came together to share their favorite tried and true fish, wild game, soup, ...

Recap Of 2023 John Beargrease Sled Dog Race
Recap Of 2023 John Beargrease Sled Dog Race by WTIP Outdoor News Podcast

Connecticut Warbler & Other Songbird Populations On The Decline In Superior National Forest
For nearly 30 years, researchers at the Natural Resources Research Institute have been conducting annual surveys of songbirds in the Superior National Forest and Chipp...

Grand Portage Hosts Upcoming 55th North American Moose Conference
The 55th North American Moose Conference is coming to the North Shore of Minnesota. Researchers, biologists, and professionals will gather in Grand Portage this upcomi...

Winter Storm Aftermath Along The North Shore
Severe winter weather during the recent holiday season, including wind gusts clocked at more than 70 miles per hour in Cook County near Lake Superior, led to many tree...

Retirement And New Conservation Officer In Cook County
The Gunflint Mail Run sled dog race is the hot event this weekend on the Gunflint Trail. Among the mushers competing in the field this year is Mary Manning. A Cook C...

Fisher Population Continues To Decline Across Superior National Forest
From the “Inland Empire” near the shores of Deer Yard Lake to the end of the Gunflint Trail, fishers area beloved animal of the North Woods. Fisher populations in nor...

Minnesota researchers aim to reduce deer-vehicle collisions along Highway 61, other roadways
Deer bounding across Highway 61 are an often unwelcome sight for motorists along the North Shore. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reports around 2,000 deer-v...

Minnesota DNR Hires New Fisheries Manager
Leslie George has been named the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource’s northeastern region fisheries manager. George started her career with DNR in 2004. Since th...

Expansion Of Rural Services In Cook County
After 66 years, Sawbill Canoe Outfitters connects to the grid. The project was made possible by a federal grant from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The 3rd gener...

First Ice Fishing Reports and Northern Long Eared Bat Endangered
Ice fishing is here! The first ice fishing reports across the WTIP listening area are shared in this episode of the Outdoor News Podcast. Hosts Joe Friedrichs and Ka...

Emily Tidwell Photographer From Cook County
Emily Tidwell is a professional ski photographer who grew up in Cook County, but now works primarily in the Mountain West. Tidwell says she learned to ski in Minneso...

Wild Game And Fish Celebration Of The Harvest
The time of the great harvest is here, as is abundant snowfall on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Many households are getting ready to prepare a turkey on Thanksgi...

Forest Service Payments For Land In The BWCA
In 1948, United States lawmakers passed the Thye-Blatnik Act to buy resorts and private lands in what would eventually be named the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderne...

Deer Season Opener & Habitat Projects In Northeast Minnesota
Hunters will take to the woods this Saturday, Nov. 5 for the traditional and highly anticipated deer season opener. While portions of the state are experiencing increa...

Talon Metals - Copper Nickel Mining and Election Day
Election Day is less than two weeks away. An issue that remains important for many voters in northeastern Minnesota is copper-nickel mining. WDIO TV in Duluth recently...

Moose Madness And Lake Superior Fish
Minnesotans are expected to arrive to the North Shore this weekend during the annual fall break for most of the state's schools. The Minnesota Educator Academy weeke...
