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Outdoors report: Dec. 27

Southeast winds have encouraged birds to decoying more consistently. Tides were 2 feet below normal, but some water returned with southeast winds. The prairie remains wet, which bodes well for habitat, but tougher for hunters as birds have more water to choose.

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Shaming kids into loving the outdoors won't work

To the editor: Gary Ferguson's assertion that fear of nature keeps Americans indoors is elitist and lacks nuance. His argument is historically questionable — early accounts of Niagara Falls and Yellowstone reveal many points in our history in which we feared rugged nature. (“The great…

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Outdoors report: Dec. 26

water levels rose throughout the day as southeast winds returned. Crappie action has picked up in about 25-30 feet of water on minnows near brush piles. Lots of water on the prairie has scattered birds, but an influx of green-winged teal has helped fill bags.

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