Bob Timmons

Minnesota

Outdoors Reporter and Editor at The Minnesota Star Tribune

Outdoors reporter @StarTribune @striboutdoors

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The latest outdoor trend of "land snorkeling" can bring you closer to nature

1 week ago | yorkdispatch.com | Bob Timmons

Bob Timmons(Minneapolis) Star TribuneMINNEAPOLIS — Let’s start with what land snorkeling isn’t:It doesn’t involve flippers. Or masks. And forget diving. Land snorkeling, according to its ethos, could be watching an army of ants re-engineer a driveway crack; noticing the perfect spheres of dew clinging to field grass; or studying the shape of water dancing over a river rock.
Land snorkeling is the latest outdoors trend. So what exactly is it?

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Bob Timmons
Land snorkeling is the latest outdoors trend. So what exactly is it?

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Bob Timmons

MINNEAPOLIS - Let's start with what land snorkeling isn't:It doesn't involve flippers. Or masks. And forget diving. Land snorkeling, according to its ethos, could be watching an army of ants re-engineer a driveway crack; noticing the perfect spheres of dew clinging to field grass; or studying the shape of water dancing over a river rock. It's studying your surroundings on land with a narrowed perspective, the way you would if you were floating on a snorkeling expedition.
Land snorkeling is the latest outdoors trend. So what exactly is it?

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Bob Timmons

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How much is too much?

1 week ago | startribune.com | Bob Timmons

Ben Strege helps get people into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. But after the news Monday that trip fees there could substantially increase, the part-time wilderness guide said he couldn't help wonder how many paddlers that might deter in the years ahead. A new Forest Service proposal would more than double the fees for adults and children, generating debate and ideas about how canoe campers should pay to visit the wilderness.
U.S. Forest Service asks recently resigned under Trump cuts to return for wildfire season

1 week ago | gov1.com | Bob Timmons

By Bob TimmonsStar TribuneWASHINGTON — Wary of wildfire threats, the U.S. Forest Service is asking as many as 1,400 employees who left the agency in recent months to help fight wildfires this summer. The request is to employees who resigned amid the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures but remain on leave through Sept.
Major fee increase proposed for Boundary Waters trips

1 week ago | startribune.com | Bob Timmons

By Bob Timmons Individual fees to travel into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will more than double beginning in 2027 under a proposal unveiled Monday by the U.S. Forest Service. The agency said in a news release that more money is needed because "wilderness ranger staffing and maintenance costs for points of entry, portages and campsites have increased substantially."The fee for an adult would increase from $16 to $40 per trip; for a youth, from $8 to $20.
Wildland Firefighters Sidelined by DOGE Asked to Return to Help

2 weeks ago | firehouse.com | Bob Timmons

Wary of wildfire threats, the U.S. Forest Service is asking as many as 1,400 employees who left the agency in recent months to help fight wildfires this summer. The request is to employees who resigned amid the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures but remain on leave through Sept. 30 under a “deferred resignation program.” The Forest Service now wants to put them to work if needed because they have firefighting qualifications, or “red cards,” in addition to their main duties.
So you want to get an e-bike? Here's what you should know.

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Bob Timmons
So you want to get an e-bike? Here’s what you should know.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Bob Timmons

MINNEAPOLIS - Robert Smith said he was a "thriving alcoholic" when a doctor told him to find a gym. He instead found an e-bike, and the purchase changed his life. Three years later, the White Bear Lake man is hundreds of miles into a personal reinvention – and 40 pounds lighter.