For the 11th year in a row, Minnesota’s moose population remains relatively stable. The 2022 population survey estimates the moose population at 4,700, statistically unchanged from the last survey, which was conducted in 2020.
I am writing this on March 28, 2022 pending another snow storm in two days in Bemidji and area. However, much of my garden is now exposed and I am visualizing some changes and the work that faces me to get my gardens in order after a VERY LONG WINTER!
Members of Voyageurs National Park staff are gearing up for the summer, and how to protect Borderland resources from aquatic invasive species. Superintendent Bob DeGross notes that the identification of zebra mussels in Rainy Lake will prompt operational changes to the portage service at Kettle Falls.
Birchdale, or the end of the rainbow as Capt. Mike Hanson calls it, has some extra folks now, as Rainy River is again accessible for the early walleye and catch-and-release lake sturgeon seasons. If you plan to fish from Nelson’s Landing, be prepared for a walk, or as some have done, a bike ride, from your parked vehicle and the landing. Lake sturgeon catch-and-release only season ends April 23’; walleye and sauger early season closes April 14. PHOTO BY CAPT. MIKE HANSON
A proposal to annex the Falls International Airport property by the city of International Falls has received opposition from adjacent property owners. Steve Earley and Bob Ewald, adjacent landowners, voiced concern in late March about the city’s proposal at the Koochiching County Board and the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission, the Falls International Airport’s joint powers governing board.
Monday The International Falls track and field teams competed at University of Wisconsin Superior on Saturday in an indoor meet. For the Bronco boys, it… Login to continue reading Login…