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Sam Cook: Bear obsession takes us down a murky path

Naming wild critters and using them to promote a nonprofit organization is a tenuous practice. So is feeding them and following them around the woods.

By Sam Cook , June 04, 2010

Outdoors blog: We make an early, early canoe-country trip

We just had to go. When are we ever going to get to paddle in the canoe country again on April 9? Three of us -- Steve Piragis of Ely and Doug Smith of Lakeville, Minn. -- paddled in to Knife Lake this past Friday through Sunday, April 9-11. It's by far the earliest any of us has paddled in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness or Quetico Provincial Park. One year, in fact, Piragis and a friend were skiing on Burntside Lake near Ely on May 7.

By Sam Cook , April 13, 2010

Outdoors blog: We make an early, early canoe-country trip

By Sam Cook , April 12, 2010

Outdoors blog: Check this North Shore spring ritual

By Sam Cook , April 07, 2010

Outdoors blog: Cloquet conservation officer honored

By Sam Cook , April 06, 2010

Outdoors blog: Steelhead run good but slowing

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     In just eight days at the DNR's Knife River trap, 406 steelhead have been caught, measured, weighed and passed upstream, said Matt Ward, fisheries specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources at French River.

    "After only a week into our run, that's a good number," Ward said.

    So far, the biggest day at the trap was last Thursday, when 116 steelhead were caught. The run had dropped to about 60 on Saturday, and in the 20s on Sunday and Monday.

By Sam Cook , April 06, 2010

Outdoors blog: Sorry, mom.

By Sam Cook , April 06, 2010

Outdoors blog: Steelhead run good but slowing

By Sam Cook , April 06, 2010

Outdoors blog: Is the North Shore steelhead run over?

By Sam Cook , April 05, 2010

Outdoors blog: More photos from the sandhill crane migration

By Sam Cook , April 01, 2010

Outdoors blog: Stetson wins Hudson Bay sled dog race

By Sam Cook , April 01, 2010

Outdoors blog: Banquet set for local MDHA chapter

By Sam Cook , March 26, 2010

Outdoors blog: Raptor enthusiasts will flock to Duluth

By Sam Cook , March 25, 2010

Outdoors blog: Taking what the season will give you

By Sam Cook , March 24, 2010

Outdoors blog: Douglas County Fish & Game show starts Friday

By Sam Cook , March 24, 2010