While we were dodging a thunderhead and hammering the walleyes on Upper Red Lake on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, there were storms passing through the entire region. Apparently, while we were on the lake 70 miles north, Bemidji had been hit with hail. Then I received these photos from friends Aaron and Katie Guthrie, who [...]
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Posted in It's Homework, Natural Events, The Hike, tagged Forest, habitat, Heritage, minnesota, Pines, Survey, Trees on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Recently I was finally able to visit a place that I had only heard about since moving here to Bemidji. A place where towering giants live. A place where majestic white and red pines have been spared the lumberjack’s ax and saw to become an old growth sanctuary. This place is the Lost Forty.
It takes a [...]
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Whitewater State Park manager Garry Barvels reports that the recovery efforts at Whitewater State Park are making steady progress in a news release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The park sustained over $4 million in damages during a flash flood last August. A Grand Reopening Celebration is set for June 7, but parts of [...]
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Posted in Natural Events on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
There is a total eclipse of the moon tonight visible from most of North America (where most of my constituency is located). Mid-eclipse should be about 9:26pm Central Time. It should be worth checking out, and even more impressive if you have a telescope or camera worthy of the show. Let me know if anyone gets [...]
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