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Minnesota’s homegrown brook trout strain shows first signs of success in metro streams
DNR crews found young brook trout in two east-metro streams this summer, proof that the new MN Driftless strain, bred from Minnesota’s remnant native brookies, is reproducing on its own just a few years after stocking began.
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Eagle Bluff, Minnesota outdoor schools earn national honor from Izaak Walton League
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center and four other Minnesota outdoor schools received the Izaak Walton
Minnesota’s homegrown brook trout strain shows first signs of success in metro streams
DNR crews found young brook trout in two east-metro streams this summer, proof that the new MN Driftless strain, bred from Minnesota’s remnant native brookies, is reproducing on its own just a few years after stocking began.
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Episode 616 – Coaster brook trout, MN DNR changes, pheasant tips with Tom Carpenter, gut-pile study
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