 The deer hunting opener is less than a month away and the City of Grand Rapids is getting ready to roll out the Blaze Orange Carpet for Governor Mark Dayton. In this week's Northwood's Adventure, our Josh Peterson shares with us how the public can get involved. It's fall and with that comes fall colors, but one color the City of Grand Rapids will be seeing a lot of in the coming month is Blaze Orange. This year the City will host the governor's deer hunting opener and hopes that the extra attention will not only boost interest in the sport, but tourism as well. It's very crucial to us from a tourism standpoint we get those visitors to come in for that deer hunting season and it's not just a one and done sometimes they'll stay for a whole week sometimes they come back for the second season. The tradition of the governor's hunting opener has been going on for 15 years and over that time the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association has worked with area land owners to be hunter hosts so that everyone can experience the thrill of the sport, but in the end it all comes down to tradition. Any attention that we can get to deer hunting and it's not just about hunting deer, it's the whole tradition of it, families together, what the City of Grand Rapids and other places they're doing to promote deer hunting and everything that goes with it. Timberlake Lodge will be the home base of the deer camp and will host Governor Mark Dayton and will offer a variety of events and activities for the public during opening weekend. This will be the second time Grand Rapids has hosted the governor's deer hunting opener and while organizers hope to maintain some traditions they're looking to start some new ones as well. We made the Welcome to Deer Camp Expo our own so we had features that are locally found here so like the Forest History Center is here in Grand Rapids so we want to showcase those things that are unique to us. With so many activities being offered this year during the hunting opener event organizers are looking for volunteers to help put on the event. The Welcome to Deer Camp Expo will have about 10 to 15 stations. We're going to need volunteers to help man those stations so we definitely need volunteers for that. We need volunteers to help at the banquet as well. At the heart of the weekend is the hunt itself and creating interest in the sport to promote communities around greater Minnesota. Some of these towns if you're here on opening weekend of deer hunting all you see is orange, cafes are full, gas stations are busy, it's a robust time of the year and a critical time of the year for those small communities. With this week's Northwoods Adventure in Grand Rapids, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.