The 17-foot aluminum boat scoots across the Cohansey River against a backdrop of blue sky and wispy clouds. Cord grass sways and snaps in a brisk breeze. At the helm is John Zander, a trapper whose ...

This week’s column is about parts of a truly exhausting 10 days of my life. I had fun, but the wear and tear of being on the go in the outdoor world is tearing me up. The sun was still an hour from ...

In the pond behind my barn lives a muskrat that knows how to use a weed trimmer. It moved in last spring and promptly trimmed the grass and weeds on the banks. Newly seeded orchard grass and clover, ...

The number of muskrats trapped for their fur in Minnesota dropped last year to about 19,000, the lowest on record. Biologists say a number of factors are at play in that drop, including fewer trappers ...