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SEPTEMBER 2018 | VOLUME 9 | ISSUE 4

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ENJOY THE VIEWS Scenic drives, hiking trails and other ways to see fall colors

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INDEX

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUGUST 29, 2018 ISSUE OF THE TRIBUNE

COLORFUL EVENTS TO ‘FALL’ FOR

Get into the spirit of the season with fall festivals, pumpkin patches, color tours and more........................................

WESTERN MN STEAM THRESHERS REUNION

Home-built tractors and Galloway engines get their due....................................

LOCAL CULTURE

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Richwood Winery’s annual Grape Stomp and Toast to Tamarac....................................

A UNIQUE PART OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE

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Tamarack are Minnesota’s only coniferous, deciduous trees............................

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

A list of fall and early winter events around Lakes Country....................................

DINING GUIDE

Check out a variety of area restaurants......................................

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The Detroit Lakes Area Fall Scene is a magazine that is published every September. The magazine is for the reading enjoyment of visitors as well as seasonal and year-round residents.

Two additional versions of the magazine are published in the East Otter Tail Lakes Area and Park Rapids.

For advertising information: Email Melissa Swenson at mswenson@dlnewspapers.com Melissa Swenson, publisher Marie Johnson, magazine editor Viola Anderson, circulation manager Sara Leitheiser, creative manager Luanna Lake, magazine designer

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COLORFUL EVENTS TO ‘fall’ FOR PUMPKIN PATCHES, FALL FESTS, COLOR TOURS AND MORE

MARIE JOHNSON mtjohnson@dlnewspapers.com

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rom fall color tours to pumpkin festivals, hikes to Halloween tricks and treats, there are endless ways to enjoy the cool, crisp, colorful days of autumn. Detroit Lakes and the surrounding area’s abundant lakes, trails, parks and scenic drives make it hard not to get out and enjoy the fresh fall air. Community festivals, public events and pumpkin patches provide even more opportunities for fun.

Read on for ideas about how to best enjoy the spirit of the season.

SCENIC DRIVES Enjoy colorful views from inside the comfort of your car, or feel the refreshing fall air on your face as you take in the landscape from the seat of your motorcycle.

The 88-mile Lake Country Scenic Byway extends across a portion of northern Minnesota that includes a 67-mile stretch of Highway 34 from Detroit Lakes to Walker, Minn. The other 21-mile spur extends from Park

Rapids to Itasca State Park along U.S. Highway 71. The byway hosts an annual Fall Color Tour, and adventurers can get out and enjoy local landmarks, fall festivals, bike rides, pumpkin parties, bonfires and hayrides along the way. Take the drive for a few hours, a day or even a few days to really soak up the history, culture and fall fun along the route. The Detroit Lakes Chamber of Commerce website says dips and curves between Snellman and Osage and through the Smoky Hills State Forest offer expansive views of color on the gentle, hilly terrain, with patches of blue lakes. Visit www.lakecountryscenicbyway.com in early fall for more information on the Fall Color Tour.

Truth be told, color is all around Detroit Lakes in the fall — if you want to find it, just hit the gas and go! Get out the map and plan road trips to area parks, lakes and off-the-beaten-path places, making it a point to take quieter country roads to really capture the fall feel and scenery of the entire Detroit Lakes area. Maplewood State Park, south of town, or Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge to the north, are excellent destinations — and journeys — in the fall. Itasca State Park, in Park Rapids, is another great option.

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Just be sure to take the winding roads less traveled for a real backcountry treat.

HIKING & BIKING TRAILS There are several no-fail options for enjoying the fall colors on foot or by bike around Detroit Lakes.

The interpretive trail at the Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District Headquarters. This 1.6-mile hiking trail on Tower Road includes an abundance of wildflowers, butterflies, birds and flora and fauna unique to wetlands. A new parking area and trailhead were constructed a couple of years ago, some new benches put in, and new interpretive panels installed.

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Wetland Management District office at the trailhead entrance to visit the observation deck, where a set of mounted binoculars has been set up to view nesting osprey, trumpeter swans and other wildlife. The trail is open daily from dawn to dusk. The parking area is located at the district office, at 1732 North Tower Road. For more information, call 218-847-4431.

Sucker Creek Preserve is another nice place to take a stroll. Located right on the edge of the city, 3/10 of a mile south of Highway 10 on 290th Avenue, this handicap-accessible, asphalt halfmile trail is a 117-acre natural haven.

Get off the pavement and take the less-beaten paths to discover a pristine trout stream and take marsh walks while learning about the surrounding flora and fauna via interpretive signs.

Three miles south of Detroit Lakes is the 53-acre Dunton Locks County Park, which offers a mile-long paved trail plus about 4 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails along the shores of Lake Sallie Muskrat Lake. Interpretive signs and the remnants of Indian burial mounds are scattered throughout this scenic park.

Just east of Detroit Lakes is Detroit Mountain Recreation Area, which features miles of hilly, wooded hiking and mountain biking trails open from dawn to dusk. Chair lift rides up the mountain are usually offered on weekends through early October, allowing visitors to enjoy the spectacular view from the top.

At Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, about 20 miles northeast of

This weekend-long festival built entirely around pumpkins has grown to be one of the area’s most popular fall family events. With a corn maze, parades, games and more, the festival transforms the entire downtown of Lake Park into one big, orange celebration.

The Lake Park Pumpkin Festival features food vendors, a pumpkin carving competition, scarecrow contest, tractor display, wagon rides,

pedal tractor pull and barrel train rides for kids, Lil’ Miss Pumpkin Fest Pageant, car show, Grand Pumpkin Parade and more.

Always held the last Friday and Saturday in September, there’s traditionally a fireworks show after the Friday night high school football game. Check the Lake Park Pumpkin Festival Facebook page as the event date draws nearer for more details.

Tamarac Fall Festival With guided hikes, family activities, bus tours and more, the Tamarac Fall Festival is the perfect opportunity to visit Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. This annual celebration of wildlife conservation and fall colors is presented for one day every autumn by the Friends of Tamarac and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

This year’s festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at three locations within the refuge — the visitor center, Discovery Center, and cabin site. Primary event parking will be available in the field at the cabin site, across from the Tamarac Maintenance Shop (watch for blue flag banners). Trolley rides will be available to take visitors to all the sites, or people can hike the Bear Paw Trail between the cabins and visitor center. Parking is also available at the visitor center.

With a theme of forests, trees and the habitat they provide for wildlife, this year’s festival will feature bus tours that focus on forest management and key wildlife species managed at Tamarac. Tours depart from the cabin site at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and will last about 90 minutes. Interested parties may sign up for the tours at the start of the festival.

Other planned activities for this year’s festival include at least two guided forest hikes, information and demonstrations on old logging techniques used in the Tamarac area, puppet shows (at 10:30 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.), a photography contest, kids’ challenge (with prizes awarded for those who complete the challenge), and more.

For more information, visit www. fws.gov/refuge/tamarac or call the refuge office at 218-847-2641.

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Pumpkin Patches From simple “you pick ‘em” pumpkin fields to elaborate centers of all things fall fun, there are plenty of family-friendly pumpkin patches to pick from in the Detroit Lakes area.

Nearest to town is Maple Hills Orchard, located just off Highway 10 between Detroit Lakes and Frazee, at 29355 130th Street. Open weekends September through October, this sprawling pumpkin patch offers kids’ games, tractor rides through the apple orchard, a craft table for painting pumpkins picked on site, and more. Locally grown apples, pumpkins, squash, orchard honey and other gift items are always available in the Apple House Store.

Southeast of Frazee, at 50617 404th Avenue, is Janu’s Pumpkin Patch. This friendly, family-run pumpkin patch is open the last weekend of September and the first two weekends in October — sometimes longer, depending on the weather. Stop by to pick up a pumpkin, gourd or mini-pumpkin, and while you’re there, enjoy a quick hayride around Janu’s. There’s also a bouncy house for kids, pumpkin painting, and a tame deer that can be hand-fed by visitors.

Further away, but worth the drive, is Thea’s Pumpkin Patch, at 19982 Appaloosa Road in rural Pelican Rapids.

This patch started seven years ago as a simple little wagon full of pumpkins placed across the road from young Thea’s

family’s farm, and since then it’s grown into an 8-acre patch offering more than 30 different varieties of pumpkins. The activities have expanded every year, too, to include multiple kids’ games, a petting zoo, hayrides, barrel train rides, an 11-acre corn maze and more. Thea’s is a family-run business, and proceeds raised are put into a college fund for the school-aged namesake (a portion of the sales from one weekend are donated to a select nonprofit group). Thea’s is open every day of the week during pumpkin season, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

East of Detroit Lakes, near Park Rapids, there’s Carter’s Red Wagon Farm. For $12 per person (kids 2 and under are free), families can take part in numerous fun-filled activities offered during the farm’s giant Fall Festival and Pumpkin Party, held on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18 and 19, as well as the last Saturday in September and every Saturday in October. From 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., visitors can enjoy two corn mazes, hay and straw bale mazes, themed wagon rides, giant pumpkin boats, a hay bale castle, corn pit with a mini slide, giant slide, duck races, cow milking, barrel train rides, a play barn/ silo/treehouse, Nerf Wars and many other kids’ games.

Group rates and discounts are available. BBQ and other concessions are sold on site, but visitors are welcome to bring their own food, as well.

 COLORFUL EVENTS from page 7 Detroit Lakes, the Old Indian Hiking Trail winds through 1.5 miles of forest. In addition, roads and trails within the 43,000-acre sanctuary are open for hiking starting September 1. Visitor Use Area trails are open year-round.

Tamarac is also home to a local trailhead for the North Country National Scenic Trail, the nation’s longest hiking trail. About 60 miles of this trail run through Becker County, from Frazee to Itasca State Park in Park Rapids. The route offers a primitive backcountry hiking experience.

Other nearby trailheads are located at Hubble Pond Wildlife Management Area on Highway 34 east of Detroit Lakes, and at Lion’s Park in Frazee. Laurentian Lakes Chapter members offer family-friendly guided hikes during the fall season and at other times. Visit www.northcountrytrail.org/llc for more information on those.

Some information for this article was taken from the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce website, www.visitdetroitlakes.com.

Halloween Scene If you’re in town in Detroit Lakes on Halloween evening, the hoppin’ place to be for trick-ortreating is Summit Avenue. Several blocks along this historic south side street are always jampacked with costumed kids and their parents, who travel from door to door to collect candy at well-decorated houses from Holmes Street down

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Maplewood Leaf Days hiking trails, or have a picnic at the shelter near the swimming area.

Leaf Days is the perfect time of year to visit Maplewood. There are often narrated wagon rides so visitors can look at the leaves and learn interesting facts about the park, and guided hikes are offered. Many activities are geared toward kids and families, such as digital scavenger hunts and simple woodworking opportunities. Food is available, or pack a lunch.

The park is located several miles southeast of Pelican Rapids off Highway 108.

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Every year, the Friends of Maplewood host a multi-day celebration in honor of the fall colors at Maplewood State Park.

This year’s Leaf Days will be held September 29-30 and October 6-7, with most activities taking place between the late morning and late afternoon hours.

With 9,250 acres, most of those filled with sugar maple trees, Maplewood State Park is one of the best places in Minnesota to enjoy fall colors. Visitors can see the scenery from their vehicles, hike on some of the park’s 25 miles of

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to West Lake Drive. Many homeowners along this popular trick-or-treating strip get into the spirit, dressing up and sitting around bonfires in their front yards, handing out candy to eager kiddos until dark.

Door-to-door trick-or-treating, of course, takes place on Halloween in neighborhoods all across town and throughout the area.

In addition, local churches and health care centers have been known to offer small-child-friendly Trunk or Treat events around the holiday, while nonprofit community groups like the Kiwanis sometimes host public trick-or-treating events at indoor gathering spots like school gymnasiums. Washington Square Mall traditionally hosts a “Halloween Hoot” with indoor trick-or-treating, kids’ games and costumes encouraged. The Detroit Lakes public library and community center each tend to get in on the fun, too, hosting Halloween parties with various activities like costume parades, pumpkin decorating, scavenger hunts, inflatables and more. Watch local media outlets around Halloween time for more information.

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FULL STEAM AHEAD NATHAN BOWE | nbowe@dlnewspapers.com

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t’s no light matter to build your own tractor and use it for years to grow crops, but farmers have always been pretty ingenious with equipment, especially if it helps them save money.

That’s what inspired Dennis Peterson, who farms between Milnor and Gwinner, N.D., to build his own tractor in the late 1960s.

“I needed a bigger tractor, and it was a lot cheaper to do that,” he explains.

He used a 1949 220-horsepower Cummins engine, and when the tractor’s axles kept breaking, he got serious, drove up to the Hibbing, Minn., area, and came back with axles from a 22-ton

iron ore truck.

“They had twice the horsepower I needed,” he says, but he never had axle problems again.

Peterson used the powerful tractor for all the plowing, cultivating and other heavy work around the farm for 11 years, before he bought a new one.

His home-built tractor doesn’t have air conditioning, so, “no one wanted to drive it” after that, he says. He brought it over to the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion near Rollag, Minn. in 2001 for a show featuring home-built equipment, and it’s been there ever since.

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Home-built farm equipment is being featured at Rollag again this year, so Peterson’s yellow and red creation will again enjoy its day in the sun.

Other home-built tractors that will be on display include a 670-horsepower beauty with a V-12 Detroit engine. The Erickson family of Tower City, N.D. is bringing it.

“Their dad made a couple in the 1960s, the same time I made mine,” Peterson says. “They’re bringing the first and last homemade tractor he built.”

Also at Rollag will be a threshing machine that was made into a combine,

THIS YEAR’S WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION GIVES HOME-BUILT TRACTORS, GALLOWAY ENGINES THEIR DAY IN THE SUN

A big steam train loops around the Rollag grounds, giving free train rides to passengers making their way around the festival.

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with a truck on the front of it that controls the tractor from the combine, Peterson says.

“Way back when, there was a kit you could buy for a grain binder to steer a tractor from the grain binder — it’s kind of like that,” he says.

“I think we’re going to have at least 12 homemade tractors there, maybe more,” Peterson adds. “I just heard from a couple this week I hadn’t heard of before.”

Galloway engines will also be featured at this year’s

event, in the Gas Engine Area.

According to the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion website, in 1901, after three years of learning the business from the ground up, William Galloway established his own farm implement dealership in Waterloo, Iowa.

“Big Bill” was an ambitious man with a clear vision for the future. In 1905, the cornerstone for the William Galloway Company of Waterloo was the manufacture of a sulky that allowed the farmer to ride behind his harrow and maintain control of his horses.

A few years later, the addition of the “Galloway Success” stationary gas engine led to the purchase of the Thomas Cascaden Company and its Davis engines and patents, which were rebranded as Galloway. These hit-and-miss engines varied in horsepower. A 1¼ horsepower Handy Andy was introduced in 1926.

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More about the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion This annual non-profit “steam meet” began in 1954 and is held in the small town of Rollag, Minn. (about 20 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes). A living museum with a historical and agricultural bent, the event typically draws about 80,000 visitors over the course of its four days.

This year’s Steam Threshers Reunion will be held over Labor Day Weekend, Friday, Aug. 31 through Monday, Sept. 3. Gates will open daily at 6 a.m., with events continuing into the night.

Visitors will have plenty of things to do over the long weekend, including listening to music, watching parades, seeing steam engines, making crafts, enjoying tractor pulls, perusing the big-truck Construction Area, and much more. From the time the gates open in the morning until the last fiddle plays at night, there will always be an activity or demonstration underway.

One of the main attractions at the Steam Threshers Reunion is

the 353 — an Alco locomotive that served its working years as a switching engine and now provides rides around the showgrounds.

The grounds include a “Main Street” with a general store, mercantile, church, post office, and Ladies Activity building, as well as a Pioneer Village, period farmstead and other areas that offer living history demonstrations. Miniatureland features intricate and detailed, fully operational scale steam engines, separators and other displays to look at, as well as miniature saws to cut wood with and a miniature hay baler, so kids can bring home a souvenir bale from the show.

Music can be heard across the showgrounds throughout the event — enjoy it from a gazebo, church or under a shady tree. From accordions to banjos, fiddle to harmonica, and maybe even the spoons, Rollag has a variety of music.

Tractor and steam engine parades happen daily at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (only 2 p.m. on Sunday).

The site of the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher’s Reunion (above right) is like a small city, and there are seemingly endless things to see and do. File photo

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Building your own tractor is not for the faint of heart: Dennis Peterson, who farms between Milnor and Gwinner, N.D., had to go up to Hibbing, Minn. to get axles from a 22-ton iron ore truck for this yellow and red home-built beauty (above). It’ll be on display at Rollag this year. Submitted Photo Historic farm equipment large and small (below) can be seen operating during the festivities at Rollag. File photo

 ROLLAG from page 11 toured the factory and learned how to operate and maintain their engines and equipment. Two years later, the company was the nation’s largest supplier of all types of farm-related goods.

In 1924, overextension caused by the economic slowdown, and the default of an order for the Bearcat Tractor, led to a creditor-reorganized business called The Galloway Company, with Bill as a figurehead president. He was able to rebound, and in 1927 formed “Galloway & Sons” with his two boys. He passed away in 1952 at the age of 75.

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TOASTING TAMARAC: VICKI GERDES | vgerdes@dlnewspapers.com

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he good folks at Richwood Winery look at Labor Day as a last chance to catch their breath before their busiest weekend of the season: For the past several years, the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day have been reserved for the Toast to Tamarac, a fundraiser for the nearby Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the Grape Stomp Festival, a celebration of the winery’s annual grape harvest.

“It works out well for us,” says winery coordinator Deb Krogsgaard. “We can share the same (rented) tent for our guests, and the setup is similar… though not identical.”

First up is the 8th annual Toast to Tamarac, which runs from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7.

Tickets for “The Toast” are $35 at the door, or they may be purchased in advance for $30 at Richwood Winery, the Tamarac Visitor’s Center Gift Shop, Central Market, or by calling 218-846-9815 or 218-847-7193.

As always, this event, hosted by the Friends of Tamarac, will feature a silent

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auction, wildlife-themed games of chance, wine sampling — featuring the winery’s own unique vintages — and hearty appetizers.

The festivities will be held under two big tents on the winery’s lawn, so the event will be held rain or shine. There is plenty of parking at the winery, with golf cart assistance available for those who need help getting around the grounds.

The event will also feature live music by the David Ferreira Trio.

As always, all proceeds from the Toast will benefit Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge — specifically its environmental education programs, which are staffed primarily by Friends of Tamarac volunteers.

“We have about 800 kids from area schools who come out here three times a year, in the fall, winter and spring, to experience all the different seasons,” says Friends volunteer Vonnie Jacobson.

“They learn about all the different aspects of nature, using all of their senses, and they also journal about their experiences.”

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Various refuge activities are incorporated into these classes, from snowshoeing and hiking to petting animal pelts, measuring trees and observing the many varieties of local plants and wildlife found at Tamarac.

“We’re hoping we might be creating some future conservationists,” Jacobson adds.

Immediately after the winery’s staff is done helping Friends volunteers with their annual fundraiser, they will turn right around and get ready for the seventh annual Grape Stomp Festival, which takes place from 1 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8.

For $10 per person (kids under age 21 are admitted free of charge), guests will not only receive a commemorative festival wine glass, but also have an opportunity to sample the winery’s finest vintages — and listen to not just one, but two different music acts: Detroit Lakes native Terry Mackner, who now makes his home in Fargo, and musical duo GC & the

Kruse, also from the Fargo-Moorhead area.

About a dozen local vendors will be selling their wares, and the Green Canteen Food Truck will be offering lunch or supper items for purchase as well. Of course, there will be plenty of wine on hand, to be purchased by the glass, in bottles, or just for tasting.

Beer, sangria, water and soda will also be available for purchase at one of the bars set up around the festival grounds, along with cheese and other snack items.

And then there’s the Grape Stomp itself, which takes place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Two-person teams can sign up prior to the competition at the registration table outside the winery’s lower

level.

There will be six heats, each containing four 2-person teams that will use one of four barrels set up on the stomping stage. Each heat takes approximately 2 minutes, after which the amount of juice from each barrel will be weighed.

Award winners will be announced after the final stompers’ results have been recorded.

Once again, prizes will be offered for both the best stompers and the best team costumes.

Last year’s festival drew well over 700 people. The staff is hoping for a similar turnout this year.

For more information, visit www. richwoodwinery.com or call 218-844-5990.

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MINNESOTA’S ONLY CONIFEROUS, DECIDUOUS TREE

TAMARACK A UNIQUE PART OF THE LOCAL FALL COLOR LANDSCAPE

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ALAN JONES | For Fall Scene

hen I was much younger and working as part of a crew doing forest inventory, a young, computer-savvy person who was hired to help manage a new data collection technology came into the office one day and reported a large area of dying trees. They were described as yellow in color, and to him certainly not healthy looking. It was late September, and all the rest of us knew immediately what he was looking at: he had seen an area of tamarack doing what tamarack naturally does in the fall of the year.

Tamarack (Larix laricina), also known as “eastern larch” and “hackmatack,” is Minnesota’s only native coniferous, or cone-bearing, tree that is also deciduous, or drops its leaves in the fall and remains bare all winter long.

The name “tamarack” or “tamarac” — as in the name of the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge and its namesake lake — is thought to have been based on the Native American word, “hackmatack,” meaning wood for snowshoes.

Tamarack is found naturally growing on organic soils and is usually associated with wet areas such as swamps, bogs and marshes. It is shade intolerant, which means it needs full sunlight to survive

and grow. Because of the need for full sunlight, tamarack generally grows in pure stands. When found mixed with other species, black spruce (Picea mariana) is the most common associate.

Black spruce is more shade tolerant and will eventually overtop the tamarack and shade it out.

Tamarack has a pyramidal growth form similar to most other conifers, can grow up to 70 feet in height, and live beyond 100 years. However, most tamarack we see today are considerably shorter and younger due to a devastating defoliating insect, larch sawfly, and to past logging. The wood is coarse-grained and strong and has been used for fence posts, railroad ties, mine timbers, and pulp for making paper.

Historically, the larch sawfly and the larch casebearer, two defoliating insects, have caused significant mortality to tamarack in northern Minnesota. It is estimated that the larch sawfly killed millions of acres of tamarack in Minnesota as well as Ontario, Canada, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Successful introductions of insect parasites have kept he sawfly populations in check and have prevented large scale and devastating outbreaks. Today, the eastern larch beetle, a bark beetle

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attacking stressed tamarack, is a larger threat and is currently causing tamarack mortality in Minnesota.

Areas of tamarack provide habitat for red squirrels, snowshoe hares and porcupines. Birds commonly found in tamarack stands include white-throated sparrow, song sparrow, veery, common yellowthroat and Nashville warbler. Osprey can also be found nesting in tamarack areas, particularly in areas close to open water. Great grey owls, which are rare winter visitors, if they do nest in Minnesota, nest only in tamarack peatlands.

On Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, glaciation ended about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, and left rolling ridges and deep depressions also known as “kettle lakes.” It is this topography that has helped produce the lakes and marshes so favorable for tamarack.

Dense coniferous forests dominated the area early on after the glaciers retreated northward. Accumulation of organic matter from these coniferous stands helped produce the organic soils of Tamarac refuge. Organic soil on top of clay subsoil provided areas of poor drainage, and tamarack survived and thrived.

The refuge is located at the junction of hardwood forests to the south and

east, boreal or coniferous forests to the north, and tall grass prairies to the west. Because of the refuge’s unique location, tamarack has found a niche to grow and thrive there, and it provides a glimpse of the boreal forest that stretches from northern Minnesota to the Alaskan tundra.

Sixty percent of the refuge, or about 24,000 acres, is forested. Pure stands of tamarack and mixed stands of tamarack, where tamarack still dominates, amount to about 1,600 acres, or about 7 percent of the forests of the refuge.

Even though tamarack trees do not make up a major portion of Tamarac’s forests, they are situated in very visible areas along the edges of wetlands and lakes.

When the season has turned cool enough for jackets, and the mosquitoes and deer flies have given up for the season and it is a pleasure to be touring the refuge, the tamarack will show off their bright golden colors, dazzling all who have come seeking solitude and a chance to see wildlife.

Remember, the tamarack are healthy and are just doing their thing. Enjoy the show!

Jones is a Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge volunteer and retired Minnesota DNR Forester.

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DETROIT LAKES AREA SUMMER September

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Every Tuesday & Saturday: Lakes Area Farmers Market, Peoples Park, Detroit Lakes Every Saturday: Live Music, Richwood Winery, Richwood Every Sunday: Wildlife Movies, 2 p.m. start, Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge 1-2: 28th Annual Laddies Loppet Mountain Bike Races, Maplelag 1-3: Western Minnesota Steam Threshers 64th Annual Reunion, Rollag 2: Tour De Lake Bike Race, Detroit Lakes 3: Labor Day 7: Toast to Tamarac, Richwood Winery 8: Dick Beardsley Run, Detroit Lakes 8: Grape Stomp, Richwood Winery 9: Kayak Tour, 2 p.m. at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at the Blackbird Lake boat access for this leisurely 1.5 hour cruise with a ref-

uge ranger and volunteer. Life jackets required. Bring your own kayak or canoe.

12: Cruise DL Night, West Lake Drive Detroit Lakes 15: Lakes Trail Run, Detroit Mountain Recreation Area 15: Fall Festival, Hawley 20: United Way Community Celebration, at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

22: Fall Photo Safari, 2-4:30 p.m. at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at the Discovery Center. Bring a camera, snack and water. Led by refuge volunteer guides and Detroit Lakes Photography Club members.

27: The Revolution, at the Historic Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes at 7:30 p.m.

28: Fire and Ice Fundraiser for the Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Foundation, at the Detroit Lakes Airport at 6 p.m.

29: Pumpkin Fest and Fireman’s

Dance/Baseball Tournament, Lake Park 29: Fall Festival, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge 30: MN HS Mountain Bike Race, at Detroit Mountain Recreation Area

October Every Tuesday and Saturday: Lakes Area Farmers Market, Peoples Park, Detroit Lakes 4: Corporate Clash, Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center 6: “I Outran the Hairy Man” 5K, Vergas 6: Damien Home Tour, Detroit Lakes from noon to 4 p.m.

8-14: National Wildlife Refuge Week; visit Washington Square Mall to see photo entries on display and cast your vote for People’s Choice. Friends of Tamarac will be raffling off a wildlife quilt. Photo contest awards presented on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. at the mall.

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FOLLOW THESE PRACTICES TO PREVENT

AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES

A bicyclist navigates the trail at a past Laddies Loppet Mountain Bike Race, at Maplelag. This year’s Loppet takes place September 1-2.

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November

December

1-30: Light Up the Lakes events, Detroit Lakes 22: Thanksgiving 22: Thanksgiving Feast, Holy Rosary Church, Detroit Lakes 22-25: 14th Annual Parade of Trees, Lake Park American Legion 23: White Friday Ski Season Opener, Detroit Mountain Recreation ARea, Detroit Lakes 26: Santa’s Grand Parade of Lights, downtown Detroit Lakes

1-31: Light Up the Lakes events, Detroit Lakes 16: Candles and Carols, Trinity Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes 25: Christmas Day 25: Christmas at Our House, First Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes 31: New Year’s Eve Bash, Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center

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DINING GUIDE

A VARIETY OF DELICIOUS DINING OPTIONS AROUND THE LAKES AREA

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BLEACHERS BAR & GRILL If sports, burgers and beer rank high on your scoreboard, then come to Bleachers for a hat trick. Voted the best burgers in the Lakes Area!

New to menu,taco grinders,philly sandwich, french fries, ALL the sports games you could ever hope to watch on their flat screen TV’s and a scenic deck overlooking Dead Shot Bay for relaxing outdoors. 1/2 price appetizers on Thursdays, Karaoke throughout the year. Don’t forget about 2-4-1 burgers every Sunday!

25807 Cty. Hwy. 22, Detroit Lakes, MN 218-844-6820 COUNTRY KITCHEN Whether its breakfast, lunch or dinner we have you covered. Try out our great desserts too! Open daily at 6:00 AM 705 Hwy 10 East, Detroit Lakes, MN 218-847-0472 DAIRY QUEEN GRILL & CHILL Fan Food not Fast Food For more than 75 years, Dairy Queen has been a fixture in America. Although much has changed in the world and in the DQ® system through the years, one constant has remained: DQ® restaurants are still, and always have been, the place to find kids’ sports teams celebrating a victory, business people on their lunch break and families taking time out to enjoy great food and soft serve treats. And success for the DQ® system is as simple today as it was in 1940. Satisfied customers lead to successful restaurants. Now located in the new McKinnley Plaza!

900 McKinley Ave, Detroit Lakes 218-847-8154

IZZO’S Izzo’s Bar & Grill is Detroit Lakes’ top hot spot! Enjoy the great atmosphere while dining on a wide variety of savory food delivered with exceptional service. Along with daily, weekly, and monthly specials, Izzo’s offers broasted chicken, ten tap beers to choose from, and an array of drink choices to cool you down in the hot summer weather. Visit our exclusive patio overlooking the 18th green of our championship golf course.

22931 185th Street Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 218-439-3028

HOLIDAY INN NOT your AVERAGE hotel bar The Holiday Beach Bar and Grill is the Lakes Area Sports and Entertainment Headquarters.

With an excellent atmosphere and an amazing view of Big Detroit Lake, we are the place to visit for a night on the town or to just sit and relax on our deck while enjoying a cold, refreshing cocktail.

We aren’t just about great cocktails and food, we also offer Electronic Horse Racing and Meat Raffles every Friday night and live entertainment every Saturday starting at 9 pm.

You can also enjoy your favorite sports team by watching them on one of our 10 Hi-def televisions.

Holiday Inn on the Lake 1155 Hwy. 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN. 56501 218-847-2121

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MAIN STREET RESTAURANT If you want to experience one of Detroit Lakes’ ‘local hangouts’, you have to stop by Main Street Restaurant! They have been voted the “Best Breakfast in Town” and they are sure to deliver. Main Street Restaurant offers quality, homemade food and big portions at a reasonable price. Open Mon.-Fri. 7a.m.-4:00 p.m. • Sat. 7 a.m.- 3:45 p.m. • Sun. 8a.m.-1:45 p.m 900 WASHINGTON AVE., DETROIT LAKES, MN 218-847-3344 PIT 611 SPORTS BAR & GRILL You’ll come for great food and drinks at unbeatable price, but you’ll end up staying because of the fun and exciting atmosphere.

There is a little something for everyone at the Pit 611 Sports Bar & Grill. Open at 11am.

Kitchen Hours Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri & Sat 1110, Sun 11-9. Easy to find, hard to leave 15057 Cty. Hwy. 11, Audubon, MN 218-439-6121 www.pit611.com SHADY HOLLOW GRILL & PIZZARIA Open Memorial day-Labor Day at Shady Hollow Flea Market. Dine-in, take-out or delivery.

Pizza is our own made from scratch recipe, thin crust. Delivery from 3-9pm on Fri, Sat, Sun. Serving Beer & Wine.

12673 Co. Hwy. 17, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 Call 218-847-6100

PARK RAPIDS A&W Serving your All American Favorites. Delicious burgers, dogs, chicken and fries plus so much more! Don’t forget that frosty mug of Rootbeer or add sweet vanilla ice cream for the traditional float. Carhop service or dine in. Open 7 Days A Week, summer 11 am to 9 pm, hours seasonally adjusted.

Located 1004 Park Ave. S. (Hwy. 71 S.) Park Rapids, MN 218-732-3551. Satisfy your craving for Home Town Flavors at your locally owned A&W Drive In. EMMAVILLE STORE Historic country store & cafe featuring daily breakfast and lunch specials. Dinner specials on Fridays. Sunday Breakfast Buffet and Taco Bar Tuesdays 5-7:30 pm. Also offering ice cream, cookies, bars & fabulous caramel rolls! Bar with pizzas and big screen TV. Open 7 days a week. Open until 9 pm on Saturdays.

12 miles N. of Park Rapids on Co. Rd. 4 (Lake George Rd) 218-732-8544 LAKE GEORGE CAFE We do breakfast all day! Lunch menu, American food, lunch & dinner specials.

Open Tues.-Fri. 7am - 7 pm, Sat. & Sun. 7 am - 3pm, closed Mon. Hwy. 71, Lake George (37550 Night Hawk Rd.) 218-699-3080 LAPASTA Full menu items for all to enjoy. Breakfast starts at 8:30 AM with our famous Dorset Pockets & Potato pancakes plus lots of omelets and other goodies. Lunch offers a wide selection of fresh Angus burgers as well as Italian entrees including pizza. Dinner is amazing starting at 5:00 PM with a full Italian menu with our traditional Italian plus more exotic fusion dishes. Thru Memorial Day Open Thurs. - Sun. at 8:30 am Breakfast & Lunch, 5 pm Dinner, After Memorial Day Open Tues. Sun 8:30 am Breakfast & Lunch and 7 DAYS A WEEK 5pm for Dinner.

Downtown Dorset. 218-732-0275.

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NECCE’S RISTORANTE Authentic Italian cuisine! Enjoy house-made Italian specialties like sausage manicotti, lasagna classico, spaghetti & meatballs, veal marsala, filet gorgonzola, Caesar salad & delicious desserts. Now offering walleye sandwiches, 1/2 lb burgers and flatbread pizzas! Great Happy Hour specials! Open Daily 4:00pm (Call for spring/winter hours) 311 S.Main Street, Park Rapids. 218-237-4625.

Reservations Accepted. We are proud to be No.#1 on TripAdvisor! Check us out!

311 S.Main Street, Park Rapids.

218-237-4625. $$ [w] F STOMPIN’ GROUNDS Full menu served daily. Sink your teeth into the ‘Stompin Burger,” our most popular burger! Chicken, fish, homemade soup & more. Don’t miss Wing Wednesdays! Full bar ~ 4 pm Happy Hour. Breakfast Sat. & Sun. 8 am - 11 am. Kitchen open Sat. - Thurs.

10 am - 8pm, Fri. & Sat. 10 am - 9pm. Bar open Mon. - Sat. 10 am - 1 am, Sun. 10 am - Midnight.

Hwy. 64, N. of Akeley 218-652-2964 THE GOOD LIFE CAFE Fresh, creative food and craft beer in a comfortable atmosphere! Lunch and dinner menus offer a combination of traditional and adventurous dishes, including comfort foods, vegetarian and gluten-free. We prepare unique specials for each meal aligned with the seasons. We also have 10 MN craft beers on tap, cocktails, wine, wi-fi, outdoor seating and a kid’s menu.

It’s time you got back to The Good Life!

Memorial - Labor Day Weekends: Open 7-days a week for lunch and dinner, Seasonal hours and menus online. 220 Main Ave. S., Park Rapids. 218-237-4212 www. thegoodlifecafepr.com. Breakfast & Lunch $ Dinner $$ [W] F RAPID RIVER LOGGING CAMP The 63-year tradition. ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT served family style. Open 7 days a week, Memorial weekend through Labor Day. Breakfast 7:30 am to 12 Noon. Dinner 1-8 pm. Top off your logger’s meal with a stroll along the Fish Hook River.

Hwy. 71 N. Turn on Co. Rd. 18, follow signs. 218-732-3444. $ [w]

VACATIONAIRE & CLANCY’S ON ISLAND LAKE Casual dining in our dining room or on the deck overlooking beautiful Island Lake. Full menu, kids menu, broasted chicken eat-in or take-out. Reservations recommended.

Kitchen open until 10 pm.

218-732-5270.

Y STEAK HOUSE Celebrating 72 years of fine dining in the Park Rapids area on Hwy. 71. Prime rib nightly, walleye, jumbo shrimp, BBQ ribs, seafood, choice steaks, chicken, combination meals, children’s menu, nightly specials and your favorite beverage from the new Fish Hook Bar. Open 7 days a week. Sun.-Thurs 4 pm - 9 pm, Fri. & Sat. 4 pm - 10 pm.

Reservations appreciated 1 mi. North on Hwy. 71, Park Rapids.

218-732-4565. $$ [w] F ZONA ROSA Visit old Mexico in the heart of beautiful downtown Walker. Large selection of authentic Mexican and American favorites. Full bar, specializing in margaritas. Warm “south of the border” atmosphere and outdoor patio dining.

Kids menu. Lunch, dinner, daily specials. Open 7 days a week.

101 5th St. N., Downtown Walker

PERHAM/OTTERTAIL

101 5th St. N., Downtown Walker

DISGRUNTLED BREWING Home to One Grumpy Brewery and Countless Great Beers. Combine our slightly-gruff, admittedly never-quite-satisfied brewery, the world’s best ingredients, and then stand back and marvel as we produce one great beer after another. Ales. Lagers. Stouts. Wheat beers. Specialties. Seasonals. German.

Belgian. Russian. This is craft brewing set in a beautiful part of the state—a destination well worth the trip—love at first taste.

735 2nd St NE Perham, MN 218-346-HOPS

THE ROYAL The local favorite where you will enjoy possibly the BEST burger in northern Minnesota. Plus many appetizers and your favorite beverage.

Open 7 days a week. Mon.-Sat. at 11 am, Sun. at noon.

120 S. Main, downtown Park Rapids.

218-732-9443. $ [w]

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DINING IN DL CHECK OUT THESE GREAT RESTAURANTS ON THE NEXT FEW PAGES FOR A VARIETY OF DELICIOUS FOOD OPTIONS

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• BLEACHERS p27 • COUNTRY KITCHEN p26 • DAIRY QUEEN p28 • HOLIDAY INN p30 • IZZOS p31 • MAIN STREET RESTAURANT p25 • PIT 611 p29

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Whether it’s

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Also try our great desserts 705 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes

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