Your guide to Minnesota's woods, waters, and wildlife Growing Shade As climate change heats up communities, thoughtful management of urban forests can provide relief. In Search of Sharptails The plains-loving sharp-tailed grouse was once the most popular upland game bird across northern and east-central Minnesota. A fall hunt finds them flourishing in areas with aggressive habitat management. Creature Care The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center tends to thousands of injured, sick, and orphaned wild animals each year. From the Editor Singing the Blues Dispatch Greener Grounds Minnesota schools work to reduce their carbon footprint. The MCV Q&A Trail Blazer Marty Walsh is gaining support for a new hiking destination in the Driftless Area. Bucket List Bird Watch at Hawk Ridge Young Naturalists Meet Your Local Hawks Minnesota's nine hawk species have a lot in common but plenty to tell them apart, too. Minnesota Profile Banded Woolly Bear (Pyrrharctia Isabella) Learn more about the larval form of the Isabella tiger moth. Sign up for email updates SUBMIT