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‘T’ is for ‘Thanks, teachers’
SAM COOK: This is for the one who stands before our kids every morning to unveil the mysteries of multiplication tables or the bicameral legislative system or centrifugal force.
RELATED CONTENTNorthland high school trapshooting teams prepare for state competition
Five Proctor High School and Middle School students toe their marks at the Proctor Gun Club on a cool Monday in May. It’s practice night for the Proctor and Hermantown high school trapshooting teams, and these young shooters are training for the state competition.
RELATED CONTENTShortage takes the shiners out of Northland fishing
This spring, a combination of a late ice-out and a ban on harvesting spottails from Lake Winnibigoshish is having a ripple effect rarely seen in the fishing industry.
RELATED CONTENTAnglers battle fish, fog on Lake Superior
It wasn’t quite a pea-soup fog. But it was eerie nonetheless. Warren Soule of Superior and his crew were trolling for trout and salmon Friday morning in the Jaws Derby, a trout, salmon and walleye contest held annually on Lake Superior and the St. Louis River.
RELATED CONTENTField reports: Zebra mussels found in Itasca County’s Sand Lake
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Thursday confirmed that zebra mussels have been found in Sand Lake in Itasca County. DNR aquatic invasive species experts confirmed the finding of a citizen who found adult zebra mussels attached to a dock removed from Sand Lake last fall. Preliminary searches of connected waters also found additional zebra mussels in Little Sand Lake.
Warbler ‘fallout’ on Park Point amazes birders
Starting last weekend and into the past week, birders in Duluth witnessed one of the most dramatic bird “fallout” events in many years.
RELATED CONTENTNorthland woman recalls a life of outdoor adventures
The grizzly was coming, and there was nothing Kathy Anderson could do about it. She had surprised the big sow when she and her husband, Bob, were backpacking in Glacier National Park many years ago.
RELATED CONTENTField reports: Wisconsin to increase walleye fingerling stocking
Wisconsin anglers could begin seeing more walleyes in their lakes as the result of a statewide initiative announced Wednesday by Gov. Scott Walker’s office. The state will make available $10 million for capital improvements at hatcheries and $2 million a year for the next biennium to raise and stock “extended growth” walleye fingerlings 6 to 8 inches long, said Mike Staggs, director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Fisheries.
Columns
Shades of the many who paved the way
SAM COOK: We like to think we choose our own path in life, set our goals and make our way in the world. But sometimes we take for granted those who opened our eyes to new horizons, took a chance on us or provided course corrections along the way.
RELATED CONTENTPerformance-enhanced ice-fishing? Don’t be a dope
SAM COOK: Now comes word, from no less than the New York Times, that drug-testing has come to ice-fishing Let’s idle our jigging rods just long enough to ponder a few things. Mainly, how in the world could performance-enhancing drugs improve your ice fishing? More animated jigging action? Better control of your power auger?
RELATED CONTENTWatching the wolves
SAM COOK: I see the two dark forms up ahead, perhaps a half-mile down Round Lake off the Gunflint Trail. They are stationary, like two old anglers hunched over fishing holes on the ice. But that would be an odd place to see a couple of ice anglers, I think.
RELATED CONTENTBirders keep their distance
SAM COOK: Two of us were driving down Homestead Road near Duluth last Saturday when we saw several cars pulled off the road. Warmly dressed people with binoculars and spotting scopes were lined up, facing west.
RELATED CONTENTWhat is Minnesota without moose?
SAM COOK: Imagine. No more moose in Minnesota. That possibility seems much more plausible after news on Wednesday that the state’s moose population had dropped an unprecedented 35 percent in one year.
RELATED CONTENTFishing on vast Lake of the Woods is a mix of austerity and vitality
Sam Cook column: When you arrive at your fishing shack on Lake of the Woods, seven miles out from Wheelers Point, you cannot help standing there a moment and just gawking.
RELATED CONTENTAs sun returns, so does hope
SAM COOK: One moment, she had been sitting in her office at work, staring at her computer screen, bathed in weak fluorescent light. The walls were institutional gray, which is what her countenance had been when I stopped by.
RELATED CONTENTTime is ours; spend it wisely
SAM COOK: It was the best kind of memorial service, full of tears and laughter and stories. Tragic as the reason for the occasion was, it allowed those of us who had lost a friend to experience the full range of emotions we needed to feel.
RELATED CONTENTDuluth wildlife photographer doesn't need to leave the city
When Michael Furtman goes out to photograph wildlife, he usually doesn’t pack an overnight bag. The Duluth nature writer and photographer has taken most of his wildlife photos right in the city.
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