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WTIP Outdoor News Podcast

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast

WTIP is the community radio station serving Minnesota"s North Shore. We share a variety of outdoor news content from the region, including Lake Superior, Isle Royale and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. From fishing and hunting to environmental issues, this locally-produced podcast covers important outdoor news relevant to our broad community of listeners.

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00:15:34

Hiking Trail Update Memorial Day Weekend

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/05/26

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial climb toward the peak of outdoor recreation and visitors arriving to the North Shore. Hiking is among the most accessible and utilized forms of getting outdoors near Lake Superior. In this episode, Superior Hiking Trail Association Executive Director Lisa Luokkala shares a trail report just ahead of the holiday weekend. We also get an update from a Cook County resident who helps keep a section of the trail open to visitors.

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00:16:47

New Grand Marais Fisheries Supervisor And Forest...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/05/19

EJ Isaac is the new fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources at the Grand Marais office. WTIP listeners know EJ from his time working with Seth Moore and the fish and wildlife office at Grand Portage. We hear from EJ in this episode about his first few works for the DNR in Grand Marais. Also featured in this episode are Tom Hall and Juan Martinez from the Forest Service office in Superior National Forest. The Forest Service recently signed a memorandum of

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00:17:59

BWCA and Inland Lakes Fishing Opener Preview

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/05/12

Fishing Opener is here. There was great angst among many who fish in and around the Boundary Waters in the weeks leading up to the Minnesota Fishing Opener. The opener is Saturday, May 13. Some of the larger lakes, including Clearwater, Duncan, Seagull, and Brule, could be holding some ice on the opener. Other lakes, including Round, Caribou, and Deer Yard Lake, will be open by Saturday morning. On this episode of the podcast, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conversation Officer Kylan

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00:13:25

Cervid Farm Ban in Cook County and Wolf Finds Deer...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/05/05

The Cook County Board of Commissioners took action that will ban any deer, elk, or other cervid farms to operate locally. In doing so, Cook County becomes the first county in Minnesota to have an outright ban on deer and elk farms. Learn more in this week's episode. Also, check out the deer and wolf video Kalli and Joe discuss by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VqAZYApYEXE

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00:10:03

Steelhead Run Slowly Starts On The North Shore

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/04/28

The steelhead are moving. Reports from late April at rivers near Duluth and Two Harbors that flow into Lake Superior were promising for steelhead anglers along the North Shore. Steelhead are rainbow trout that migrate from North Shore rivers to Lake Superior and back to spawn in their natal streams. However, a weekend of rain, snow, and melting snow to close out April is bringing rivers to a swollen state that makes for tough fishing. WTIP Outdoor News Podcast Host Joe Friedrichs spoke with Nick

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00:17:59

Earth Day Celebrations And Legislative Update

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/04/21

Earth Day is Saturday, April 22. In this episode we hear from Kat Meyo, the executive director of the Cook County Local Energy Project, about the Earth Day Fair taking place in Grand Marais this weekend. We also get an update on the massive environment and natural resources finance bill that advanced in the Minnesota House of Representatives this week. Sharing perspective on the legislation are Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar, and Rep. Roger Skraba. Included in the bill is funding

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00:16:36

Cook County Chapter of Starry Skies North Celebrates...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/04/14

International Dark Sky Week is a celebration that occurs once a year with the goal to raise awareness around the harms and realities of light pollution and promote the preservation of dark skies whenever and wherever possible. The celebration kicks off on April 15. In this week's episode of the Outdoor News Podcast, host Kalli Hawkins learns more about the newly formed Cook County chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association called Starry Skies North. She speaks with Mark Morgan, a member of

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00:18:03

Spring Raptor Migration in Northern Minnesota

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/04/07

The spring migration season is in full swing, despite the elongated winter conditions in northern Minnesota. Bald Eagles are the first raptors to return to the northern regions of the state, followed shortly after by Rough-Legged Hawks, Red-Tailed Hawks, Ospreys, and many more. In this week's episode of the Outdoor News Podcast, podcast host Kalli Hawkins speaks with Margie Menzies, the education director at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth, Minnesota and Lori Arent, the assistant director at

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00:13:26

Trout Season Comes To An End & Duluth Resident...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/03/31

Lake trout fishing on lakes in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness comes to an end for the ice-fishing season on Friday, March 31. Ice fishing for stream trout ends March 31 as well. This includes brook, brown, and rainbow trout, as well as splake. In this week's episode of the Outdoor News Podcast, hosts Kalli Hawkins and Joe Friedrichs reflect on the trout season and chat with a local conservation officer, Hudson Ledeen about the end of the season the upcoming steelhead season

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00:12:45

Ice Fishing And Traveling with Sled Dogs

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/03/24

Kate Tender and Allison Opheim spent the winter working as sled dog tour guides at Points Unknown, a Cook County business near the Arrowhead Trail. Kate and Allison recently went ice fishing for the first time. WTIP's Joe Friedrichs tagged along to chase lake trout during a recent adventure to the BWCA with the duo from Points Unknown. Learn more about Kate and Allison's experiences working as local sled-dog guides in this episode. Also featured is audio from a school in Grand Marais where the

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00:21:27

Turkey Reintroduction in Minnesota & The Upcoming...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/03/17

Following habitat loss and over harvesting of wild turkeys in the late 1800s and early 1900s, wild turkeys ceased to exist in Minnesota. In the early 1970s, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) along with the National Wildlife Turkey Federation partnered to reintroduce the large bird species on the landscape. Between 1971 and 1973, 29 adult wild turkeys were trapped in Missouri and transplanted to southeastern Minnesota. Fifty years later, the population has grown to more than

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00:15:56

Converting Wildfire Fuel Into Biochar In Superior...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/03/10

Wildfires are a real and present threat nationally, but also in Minnesota’s northern dense landscape, like the Superior National Forest. There is one tree species in the forest that particularly adds to the problem – balsam fir. The young fir trees are considered ‘ladder fuel’ by the U.S. Forest Service due to the dense understory & the vulnerability to spruce budworm. The Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota –Duluth recently partnered with the U.S Forest Service to

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00:13:53

Lynx Protection And Trapping In Minnesota

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/03/03

Trappers across the Boundary Waters and Cook County will no longer be allowed to use certain types of snares following a federal ruling that directs the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to increase trapping restrictions in this part of the state. The changes are focused specifically on protecting Canada lynx, according to the conditions of a settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the DNR. The setting was completed Feb. 21 in a ruling from a federal judge. The news is

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00:16:44

DNR Conservation Officers Win Award For Helping...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/02/24

Two Minnesota DNR conservation officers were recognized this month for helping to save a man's life in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness last March. Conservation Officers Anthony Bermel and Mitch Lawler were off-duty in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near Ely when they helped evacuate someone who was having an apparent heart attack. Officer Anthony Bermel works as a CO for the DNR near the Iron Range town of Babbitt. He covers the Ely and Babbitt areas, including patrols inside

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00:14:05

Fish Consumption From Lakes Near Lake Superior And BWCA

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/02/17

Many WTIP listeners were alarmed when a recent study found that wild caught, freshwater fish in the United States are far more contaminated with the toxic chemicals than commercially caught fish in oceans. The reports said the highest levels of the toxic chemicals known as PFAS were being found in fish from the Great Lakes. However, did the study apply to Lake Superior and Minnesota's North Shore? Did it apply to lakes in the nearby Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness? To learn more, WTIP’s Joe

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00:13:05

Minnesota DNR Officials Share Their Favorite Winter...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/02/10

In the late 1980s, Minnesota conservation officers, formerly widely known as game wardens, came together to share their favorite tried and true fish, wild game, soup, bread, and other unique recipes. The recipes were compiled into the Minnesota Game Wardens' Cookbook, published in 1989. In this week's episode, Outdoor News Podcast hosts Kalli Hawkins & Joe Friedrichs recreate the 1980s cookbook by talking with three Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials along the North Shore of Lake

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00:12:30

Recap Of 2023 John Beargrease Sled Dog Race

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/02/03

Recap Of 2023 John Beargrease Sled Dog Race by WTIP Outdoor News Podcast

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00:18:14

Connecticut Warbler & Other Songbird Populations On...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/01/27

For nearly 30 years, researchers at the Natural Resources Research Institute have been conducting annual surveys of songbirds in the Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. The Minnesota National Forest Breeding Bird Monitoring Program started in 1995. The data collected provides insight into the impacts of management policies and conservation initiatives. In recent years, researchers have discovered the decline of particular species, such as the Connecticut

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00:15:53

Grand Portage Hosts Upcoming 55th North American...

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/01/20

The 55th North American Moose Conference is coming to the North Shore of Minnesota. Researchers, biologists, and professionals will gather in Grand Portage this upcoming May for the annual event. The formal conference and workshop events will take place May 23-25, 2023. The conference will include a day and a half of technical presentations, a half-day workshop, and a full-day field trip to Isle Royale National Park. In this episode, WTIP's Outdoor News Podcast host Joe Friedrichs speaks with

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00:18:03

Winter Storm Aftermath Along The North Shore

WTIP Outdoor News Podcast ·

2023/01/13

Severe winter weather during the recent holiday season, including wind gusts clocked at more than 70 miles per hour in Cook County near Lake Superior, led to many trees snapping or uprooting along the North Shore of Minnesota. Among the areas devastated by the storm is a stand of red pine along the Superior Hiking Trail (SHT) near the Devil Track River, about 5 miles east of Grand Marais. The stand of trees is located near the Woods Creek Trailhead on the SHT. In addition to sustained 70 mph

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