Greg Stanley
@gregstrib.bsky.social
I report about the outdoors and environment for the Minnesota Star Tribune. So come here for some outside stories. Send me tips via Signal @GregStanley.21
Part 3: How you keep a series of lakes open and usable, when they're surrounded by some 3 million people
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A ‘C’ ranking for the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes is a triumph of environmental restoration
The most visited natural destination in Minnesota lies in its most densely developed region.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Part 3: How you keep a series of lakes open and usable, when they're surrounded by some 3 million people
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Part 2 of 11,840-something: North of Brainerd, by a quiet stony brook, Minnesota’s only lake where the fish are ‘perfect.’ www.startribune.com/this-lake-ca...
When it comes to fish health, one Minnesota lake stands alone
Mitchell Lake in Crow Wing County gets the DNR’s only perfect score for its fish. Anglers, they’re not talking about you.
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August 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Part 2 of 11,840-something: North of Brainerd, by a quiet stony brook, Minnesota’s only lake where the fish are ‘perfect.’ www.startribune.com/this-lake-ca...
Part one of an 11,842-part series! Start with Lake Ocheda, where Ole Fauskee and his brother, also named Ole Fauskee, stumbled 150 years ago. Now an "F+" Ocheda may be Minnesota's worst, most degraded lake www.startribune.com/where-only-t...
Meet Ocheda, one of the unhealthiest lakes in Minnesota
The lake adjoining Worthington got the lowest score from a state agency of the 3,000 surveyed.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Part one of an 11,842-part series! Start with Lake Ocheda, where Ole Fauskee and his brother, also named Ole Fauskee, stumbled 150 years ago. Now an "F+" Ocheda may be Minnesota's worst, most degraded lake www.startribune.com/where-only-t...
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In the land of over 10,000 lakes, a small few are remarkably unhealthy. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources graded about 3,000 of the most used and studied lakes. This “F+” lake in Worthington is Minnesota’s most degraded. www.startribune.com/where-only-t...
Meet Ocheda, one of the unhealthiest lakes in Minnesota
The lake adjoining Worthington got the lowest score from a state agency of the 3,000 surveyed.
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August 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In the land of over 10,000 lakes, a small few are remarkably unhealthy. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources graded about 3,000 of the most used and studied lakes. This “F+” lake in Worthington is Minnesota’s most degraded. www.startribune.com/where-only-t...
How a limping bear got X-rays at the one dog vet who would take her in
When Ethel the 300-pound bear started limping, her keepers knew where to call
A dog and cat vet who specializes in hard cases opened her clinic to the wounded animal.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
How a limping bear got X-rays at the one dog vet who would take her in
Wild and free of human wrath: Arctic wolves in the way up north. Check out Dennis Anderson's review of Dave Mech's latest:
Anderson: Minnesota researcher roamed the Arctic with curious wolves unafraid
Book by the U’s Dave Mech details decades of close-up wolf studies
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April 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Wild and free of human wrath: Arctic wolves in the way up north. Check out Dennis Anderson's review of Dave Mech's latest:
9,000 caterpillars per clutch, why North American birds desperately need your oak tree:
Want to help Minnesota wildlife? Plant an oak tree.
Research from the University of Delaware has identified the best flora to plant in every U.S. county to support the most life.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
9,000 caterpillars per clutch, why North American birds desperately need your oak tree:
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Did you know that a 1934 law requiring goose and duck hunters to purchase a stamp helped the federal government buy and permanently protect tens of thousands of acres of wetlands across the U.S.? @gregstrib.bsky.social writes about the relationship between birding, hunting and wetland preservation.
For sport or food, love of birds is saving grace for America’s wetlands
Hundreds of species, including every kind of duck, goose and swan, need wetlands to breed, forage and rest. When wetlands are destroyed, the birds are usually the first to noticeably die off.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Did you know that a 1934 law requiring goose and duck hunters to purchase a stamp helped the federal government buy and permanently protect tens of thousands of acres of wetlands across the U.S.? @gregstrib.bsky.social writes about the relationship between birding, hunting and wetland preservation.
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Take an interactive tour through the Mississippi River Basin, from bog to bayou, that explores the changing wetland landscape.
Why the nation’s altered wetland landscape faces new threats
Take an interactive tour through the Mississippi River Basin, from bog to bayou, that explores the changing wetland landscape.
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April 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Take an interactive tour through the Mississippi River Basin, from bog to bayou, that explores the changing wetland landscape.
Minnesota's swamps:
In Midwest farm country, a tradition of duck hunting has healed the dried-out landscape
The love of birds, for sport, food or observation, has been the saving grace of swamps, marshes and shallow lakes along the Mississippi River.
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April 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Minnesota's swamps:
Rare spawning brook trout discovered on Lake Superior's Minnesota coast
Minnesota DNR discovers rare spawning brook trout in Lake Superior
The trout were found spawning along the lake’s shoreline, raising hopes the once abundant fish is rebounding.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Rare spawning brook trout discovered on Lake Superior's Minnesota coast
Not a whole lot of degrees out there today
December 1, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Not a whole lot of degrees out there today
Trying to find a particularly swampy swamp in Minnesota… a little tough to get to
November 27, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Trying to find a particularly swampy swamp in Minnesota… a little tough to get to
November, when water temperatures are a perfect cold, is the best time to fish in Lake Superior. And right now there are more fish swimming in the lake again than thought possible
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A dwindling Minnesota fishing fleet chases the historic herring boom on Lake Superior
A day on the water yields full nets of a beloved Minnesota fish.
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November 25, 2024 at 2:34 PM
November, when water temperatures are a perfect cold, is the best time to fish in Lake Superior. And right now there are more fish swimming in the lake again than thought possible
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Here's her in the spring... amazing how much bigger wolves look in the winter. Lot of insulation under that winter coat
November 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Here's her in the spring... amazing how much bigger wolves look in the winter. Lot of insulation under that winter coat
Here's trail cam footage of 04D, the fence-buster and fisher queen... full winter coat, before her leg healed. You can see she's not putting weight on it. From the Voyageur's Wolf Project
November 20, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Here's trail cam footage of 04D, the fence-buster and fisher queen... full winter coat, before her leg healed. You can see she's not putting weight on it. From the Voyageur's Wolf Project
Are the dogs really twice the size of a wolf? Yeah, they’re 120 lbs. and growing. A mix of Antolian shepherd, Spanish maremeesa and great Pyrenees. Wolves in Minnesota only grow to about 60 lbs.
November 20, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Are the dogs really twice the size of a wolf? Yeah, they’re 120 lbs. and growing. A mix of Antolian shepherd, Spanish maremeesa and great Pyrenees. Wolves in Minnesota only grow to about 60 lbs.
Does the fence trap other animals out or in the ranch? Not really. The fence is only 3.5 feet high. Moose and deer jump right over. Black bears climb it. Smaller mammals squeeze right through. Wolves, just, never seem to think to jump. They only dig.
November 20, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Does the fence trap other animals out or in the ranch? Not really. The fence is only 3.5 feet high. Moose and deer jump right over. Black bears climb it. Smaller mammals squeeze right through. Wolves, just, never seem to think to jump. They only dig.
Got a lot of great questions and emails and a TON of readers on this story here www.startribune.com/a-clever-wol...
A clever wolf repeatedly snuck into a Minnesota ranch. Biologists figured out its MO.
The successful fencing of a northern Minnesota ranch could help reduce conflicts between ranchers and wolves.
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November 20, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Got a lot of great questions and emails and a TON of readers on this story here www.startribune.com/a-clever-wol...
A wolf, two dogs, a rancher, and some scientists up in north Minnesota: www.startribune.com/a-clever-wol...
A clever wolf repeatedly snuck into a Minnesota ranch. Biologists figured out its MO.
The successful fencing of a northern Minnesota ranch could help reduce conflicts between ranchers and wolves.
www.startribune.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:11 AM
A wolf, two dogs, a rancher, and some scientists up in north Minnesota: www.startribune.com/a-clever-wol...