December 14, 2001

Applications will be accepted at any of the 1,800 ELS point-of-sale agents in the state. It will cost $3 to apply. Also, you may apply by calling DNR Instant Licensing at 1-888-665-4236. An additional fee of $3.50 per transaction will be charged to phone sales.

Delisting would be likely next step By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Minneapolis Though it will have little to no effect on wolf management in Minnesota, federal officials say a reclassification of gray wolves across the nation could occur early next year. What it does mean for Minnesota is that a plan to delist wolves and

Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. The good news is that there is some fishing going on in the state. The bad news: It’s all on open water. Mild temperatures continue to stall the beginning of the ice fishing season, even in the extreme northern regions of the state, where many small lakes and bays last week

I probably spend as many days freezing my butt off in a treestand in December and the first part of January as any hunter. Part of the reason for this, as Nancy Clancy is quick to remind me, is that I have all of these tags left come December because I’m not smart enough (or

Associate Editor St. Paul Nearly three years after first deciding to review game fish limits in Minnesota, the state DNR has put forth its proposed changes, along with a nearly equal amount of things that will remain the same. The limits for some of the state’s most popular species, including walleyes, northern pike, and largemouth

Wisconsin DNR wildlife managers had expected a reduced harvest from 2000, when the deer herd was estimated at about 1.8 million animals prior to the hunting seasons, and a combined deer harvest of more than 600,000 broke national records. The deer herd was an estimated 1.65 million animals entering this year’s deer hunting seasons. The

Editor St. Paul Business and fishing interests outlined their concerns with treaty management on Lake Mille Lacs recently during an hour-long, face-to-face November meeting with Gov. Jesse Ventura. During the meeting on Nov. 20, Eddy Lyback, president of the Mille Lacs Lake Advisory Association presented Ventura with nearly 20,000 signatures the group had gathered via