The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe shares more boundary with the federally managed National Forest System than any other Tribe in the United States, with 75% of the reservation border adjoining the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. Being in the North Woods, timber harvesting and forest management are important to the Tribe’s economy.
If you are seeing large black ants you are not alone. June and July is Carpenter Ant breeding season and reproductive swarms are emerging from countless trees, cabins and homes in the area.
Lutsong Productions, LLC is pleased to announce its third annual event, the Lutsong Music Festival, to be held in Lutsen, Minn. on Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21 with 18 acts scheduled to play non-stop music at Caribou Highlands Lodge and the North Shore Winery located on Ski Hill Road in Lutsen. In addition to great music, attendees will enjoy the vendor village, a bronze metal pour, nightly campfires, a NEW foraging activity, food, and beverages.
10 YEARS AGO JULY 12, 2014 * The Cook County/Grand Marais Development Authority (EDA) listened to presentations by Jeff Corey of One Roof Community Housing and Rick Klun of /Center City Housing Corp at the Tuesday, July 8 board meeting. Both organizations are non-profits that develop and operate a variety of housing options in the Greater Duluth area.
It was sometimes back in the late 1960s and I was an insurance adjuster working for GAB out of Duluth, Minnesota and my territory was the North Shore from the Duluth up to the Canadian border. I remember receiving a claim assignment for the theft of a rocking chair up at Croftville just north of the Devils Track river.
Grand Marais, MN, July 3, 2024 – The Grand Marais Public Library invites everyone to Aquatic Invasive Species, a free presentation on the subject featuring Grand Marais neighbor and Aquatic Invasive Species Program Supervisor Amanda Weberg. The program explores why we should care about invasive species, how to identify them, how to prevent them from spreading and, of course, how to sing to them.
The Grand Marais Public Library is excited to invite families to learn about peregrine falcons on Wednesday, July 17, at 10:30 a.m. Join peregrine falcon researcher, Jackie Fallon, and her live birds for an up-close look at several types of raptors.
Spot repairs on the Gunflint Trail (CSAH 12) started Wednesday, July 11 and will be ongoing through next week, weather permitting, the Cook County Highway Department announced. The repairs begin at George Washington Pines and end at Trout Lake Rd. Road.