Recent content from Dennis Anderson
Anderson: This season, resorts beckon to the pandemic-weary
Most still have openings for this summer. But based on early bookings, they expect record or near-record years as the nation starts to emerge from the pandemic.
Anderson: Training dogs and long walks are gifts these days
During the pandemic, time is what many of us have more of, not less, and not utilizing it to some good end might be regretted when more normal days return.
Anderson: Even in this cold, deer can endure bitter winters
Minimal snow cover has made this recent cold snap in Minnesota easier for deer to survive.
Gunflint Trail's backwoods living is still a draw; so, too, is a fast internet
Of all that has changed over centuries along the Gunflint Trail, the greeting that pines whisper to old-timers and newcomers alike has been constant.
Anderson: Critical Habitat license-plate program veering from its dedicated mission
A closer look at the DNR's license plate Critical Habitat program reveals the agency in recent years has only minimally deployed license plate funds to preserve habitat.
Anderson: Wildlife management areas can foster a greater appreciation of nature
The notion of making some wildlife management areas more inviting is taking shape, amid questions about timber harvesting.
Anderson: Mystery around bears' reproduction is a reminder of their balancing act
Minnesota wildlife managers want to minimize nuisance-bear complaints while satisfying hunters' desires, while also, most important, maintaining a healthy, stable bruin population.
Anderson: Equity in the outdoors means there's room for everybody
The DNR is making a new push to make the outdoors more inclusive.
Anderson: Inseparable Lindner brothers built a fishing empire like no other
The Brainerd-area duo formed a pair of distinction, from tackle to media to a shared faith.
Anderson: DNR's proposed duck rule changes run afoul of reality
Recent waterfowling regulation changes the DNR is offering for hunter consideration seem less an effort to ensure the future of waterfowling in Minnesota than an attempt to shoot our way to more ducks.