West Central Tribune

Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center on a mission to educate about the outdoors

At the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, visitors can learn and have fun, all while spending time in the beautiful nature of west central Minnesota. Founded in 1992, Prairie Woods is a ...

Minnesota's Abandoned Railway Line Is Transformed Into A Scenic Paved Lakeside Trail

Just an hour or so south of Minneapolis, in a wooded area that once saw trains pass through, there's a peaceful park with a ...
West Central Tribune

Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center offers outdoors opportunity, education

At the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, visitors can learn and have fun, all while spending time in the beautiful nature of west central Minnesota. Founded in 1992, Prairie Woods is a ...
Star Tribune

What's rule No. 1 when fishing Lake of the Woods? Follow the rules — or face the consequences

Like any cop making a traffic stop, Ben Huener was alert when he and another Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer, Coby Fontes, approached a fishing boat recently while ...