Bob Timmons
Outdoors reporter
Timmons used to coordinate the former Star Tribune Outdoors Weekend section. He joined the Star Tribune in 2005 after several years working on Page One at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He's a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Wis.) graduate.
Latest from Bob Timmons
Changes afoot for Minnesota e-bike rebate after wobbly rollout last year
Legislation would limit all applicants to lower-income tiers and create a lottery system.
March 27, 2025
Minnesota ultramarathoner hikes the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail lugging 55 pounds of gear on a sled
Kari Gibbons won the race that took 27 days to complete while battling the elements.
March 25, 2025
Six new or improved features across Minnesota’s state parks this year
The state will build its first campground for ATVers up north.
March 19, 2025
Add another ‘Opening Day’ to Minnesota’s outdoor recreation calendar
Mississippi River paddling event in June rebrands as Minnesota’s ‘Paddling Opener’
March 17, 2025
Duluth’s Emily Ford and her sled dogs notch Iditarod finish
The Duluth-based musher was among the fastest rookies covering 1,128 miles across Alaska. She came in 18th.
March 17, 2025
Rookie Iditarod musher Emily Ford of Duluth makes unexpected run
Halfway into 1,000-mile sled dog race across Alaska, Ford and team have “positive energy.”
March 10, 2025
Feds plan to terminate leases at Mississippi River recreation headquarters and visitor center in Minnesota
National Parks and Fish & Wildlife sites are also part of cost-cutting moves targeting leases across agencies.
March 5, 2025
![BRIAN PETERSON ¥ brianp@startribune.com St. Paul, MN 9/24/2009 ] A lone kayaker makes his way from the Minnesota River into the Mississippi near Pike Island near Fort Snelling Thursday afternoon. Minnesota and 11 other states in the watershed of the Mississippi River will get $320 million from the federal government to clean up the river. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the program today, calling the 2,350-mile river "a critical national resource." The Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative is designed to improve water quality during the next four years in an attempt to shrink the "dead zone" the river's pollutants create in the Gulf of Mexico.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/O7Z6YC6SRE6G4XOBWQNICI7WUU.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
TC 10 Mile race registration is now first-come, first-served. And it opens Tuesday.
Race organizers are changing from a lottery system. Registration opens online Tuesday morning.
March 2, 2025
Duluth’s Emily Ford and her sled dogs notch Iditarod finish
The Duluth-based musher was among the fastest rookies covering 1,128 miles across Alaska. She came in 18th.
March 17, 2025
Rookie Iditarod musher Emily Ford of Duluth makes unexpected run
Halfway into 1,000-mile sled dog race across Alaska, Ford and team have “positive energy.”
March 10, 2025
Feds plan to terminate leases at Mississippi River recreation headquarters and visitor center in Minnesota
National Parks and Fish & Wildlife sites are also part of cost-cutting moves targeting leases across agencies.
March 5, 2025
TC 10 Mile race registration is now first-come, first-served. And it opens Tuesday.
Race organizers are changing from a lottery system. Registration opens online Tuesday morning.
March 2, 2025