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Northland 300 hits the trails

January 3, 2013 in Lake County News-Chronicle

No one would have blamed the Northland 300 organizers if they had cancelled their event in 1996. The annual snowmobile ride was in its seventh year, but the conditions were treacherousa whiteout blizzard hit the Northland. But the snowmobilers bundled up, jumped on their sleds and made the trip anyway. Continue Reading

Snowmobile maps now offered on apps

December 27, 2012 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE (AP) A new interactive South Dakota snowmobile trail system map is available for both the Web and smartphones.
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Snowfall a boon for Upper Midwest outdoors fans

December 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) After enduring last year’s snowless winter, skiers and snowmobilers may have despaired of ever seeing a decent snowfall again.
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Minnesota forest tax change spurs land owner to close roads, trails

September 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

A change in Minnesota tax law for forested land has so angered the state’s largest private property owner that it is blocking hunters and snowmobilers from driving onto land that has been in popular use. Continue Reading

Area fishing, skiing and snowmobiling report

March 8, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

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WEEKLY DNR ENFORCEMENT REPORT: Snowmobiling and ice fishing, TB deer survey etc.

March 5, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Natural Resources Pilot John Heineman (Bemidji)was grounded most of the week due to poor weather in trying to get to Thief River Falls for the TB deer survey. With luck, the survey was scheduled to start Monday morning. Continue Reading

OUTDOORS REPORT: The latest on fishing skiiing and snowmobiling

February 22, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Here are current fishing, skiing and snowmobiling conditions in the area. Continue Reading

WEEKLY DNR ENFORCEMENT REPORT: Ice fishing, Suspected ghost etc.

February 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

CO Chris Vinton (Perham)received a call from a woman, recovering from hip surgery that thought she had ghosts in a shed because the lights kept going off and on in the locked building. A neighbor checked it out and found a porcupine inside. When the animal climbed the pole with the light switch on it, it would hit the switch and turn the lights off and on. Vinton set one of the lady’s live traps. The next morning, the lady called and told Vinton that he had caught the “prickly bugger.” The animal was relocated to a remote area.
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Snowmobiling: Sleds fire up for Green Lake runs

February 17, 2012 in West Central Tribune

Today features speed/radar runs and the Vintage Drag Race Series Continue Reading

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No Snow, No Snowmobiles in Northeastern ND

February 13, 2012 in WDAZ

WALHALLA, N.D. (AP) No snow in northeastern North Dakota this winter means no snowmobiles, and no snowmobile riders who spend money to boost the region’s economy. Continue Reading