A vibrant community mural celebrating Voyageurs National Park’s waters and skies will be added this summer. With support from the Voyageurs Conservancy, Sam Zimmerman will serve as a community artist and educator in residence in the park from June 26 - July 1.
Ross and Bennett Hamers show a nice Lake of the Woods walleye caught a week or so ago. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO .
Nature’s anglers, these American white pelicans are fishing in the shallow, but quick current of Rainy River. Both male and female pelican develop a knob on their beak before the breeding season, a sign of the birds sexual maturity. American while pelicans are a monogamous species, and most likely pair each year on their breeding grounds. Both males and females take turns to continuously incubate and guard the eggs until they hatch, usually about 30 days later. PHOTOS BY BEN SUNNE
The most overlooked vegetable that I know of is Kohlrabi. I seldom see it on the seed racks of our local stores so you will probably have to look for it in seed catalogs. Lucky for us, seed catalogs are all on-line.
The sky over Borderland Monday night was flashing as lightning brought thunder, and rain poured down hard, but only brought a little more than 1/10th of an inch. PHOTOS BY BEN SUNNE .
Kettle Falls, a popular destination for locals and visitors to Voyageurs National Park, has ceased operations because of the high water, shown in these photos. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer reminds boaters of a no wake zone on all shoreline on Rainy Lake. VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK PHOTOS
Two horses stuck in the bog near Turtle River were rescued Saturday by innovative thinking Beltrami County deputies. At bout 4:15 p.m.
We live with beetles, ants, flies, moths, bees, caterpillars, maggots, grubs, spiders, and on and on! There are good pests, bad pests and some down-right ugly pests. Every garden has them. The good ones—pollinators, like bees—are a welcomed member of our gardens. They aid in plant growth and fruit and vegetable production; without them, nothing would grow. Some of these good guys even help us get rid of the bad ones, for example, ladybugs which prey on aphids. A number of the ugly ones are bad for gardens and need to be removed. Maggots, grubs, and ants are just a few.
CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls #1) reports continuing to assist the Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office with flood relief efforts on Rainy Lake. A youth firearms safety class in Littlefork was held at which 18 area youth received their certification. Other training was attended, and miscellaneous animal-related complaints were handled. People are reminded that the no wake zone was continued and extended out to 500-feet from shoreline on Rainy Lake. Please be respectful and careful.
Rainy Lake Visitor Center is closed, but not to people using the boat launch there for flood mitigation efforts, Voyageurs National Park officials announced. All campsites on Rainy Lake are closed; houseboat sites remain open.