Understanding forest structure is critical to preventing and mitigating future wildfires such as those last year in Lahaina, Hawaii, and this year in Los Angeles.

If you have a fish house on one of Minnesota's frozen lakes, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is urging you to start making plans to remove it before the deadline.

Yellow bass are native to Minnesota, but were found only in low abundance in some of the Mississippi River’s backwaters.

The Minnesota DNR is reminding Minnesotans that it's almost time to remove fish houses from the ice. Those with fish houses need to remove them from inland waters in the southern two-thirds of the state before 11:59 p.

With warm weather in the forecast for much of Minnesota during the coming week, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds anyone who still has a fish house on the ice to start planning for its removal.

Minnesota Sea Grant has added a feature to its Lakes Ice-Out Clock allowing users to look up a forecast for specific lakes.

Gibson's famous acoustic guitar was built to replace the cheaper, Depression-era J-35, and to compete with the popular Martin D-28. Referred to as "The Workhorse," this axe is known for its sunburst finish and great sound, but also for its legendary players. The J-45 was favored by Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and even Miley Cyrus.

Following "input from wildlife managers and Tribal requests," the changes also hope to create more consistent boundaries and reduce what the DNR calls "agricultural conflicts."

A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on George’s Minnesota Muskie Expo set for March 7-9.

The DNR says volunteers are particularly needed in Greater Minnesota outside the Twin Cities metro area. Some areas have very few reporting stations so the more there are across the state, the better information there is to work with. - Have internet access to submit reports by computer or using the CoCoRaHS Observer weather app on your smartphone

A bipartisan bill would create a Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force in hopes of opening up more of Minnesota to foraging

A grand plan to reintroduce wild elk to northeastern Minnesota will be delayed at least another year after organizers hit a pair of stumbling blocks, state and tribal officials confirmed last week. Mackenzie Henk,