January–February 2005

Conservation Volunteer magazine cover for January;ndash;February 2005 issue.

Renewing Our Mission
This Issue. By Kathleen Weflen

Natural Curiosities
Hat attack, blue blobs, bears, deer farm, snapper rules, black loon, osprey feet, quad cubs

Competition on Ice
Minnesota is becoming an ice-fishing contest capital. By Jason Abraham

Between Ice and Hard Times
How do creatures survive when their watery world freezes over? By Peter Marchand

The Wide, Wide, World of Ice Fishing
A look at how anglers practice this Minnesota tradition. Photography by Bill Lindner. Text by Roland Sigurdson

Let's Go Ice Fishing!
Young Naturalists venture onto the ice to fish. By Chris Niskanen. Illustrations by Ron Finger. A teachers guide  This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it. is also available. Logo for teachers guides.

Me and Joe
Ice fishing can warm the heart - A sense of place By C.B. Bylander. Illustration by Bill Moran

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
Snapshot.

Coaster Comeback?
Field Notes. By Jason Abraham

Call for Counters
Field Notes. By Gustave Axelson

Back to Grasslands
Field Notes. By Brian DeVore

Minnesota Cold
Minnesota Profile. By Greg Spoden

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