May 30, 2003

Associate Editor St. Paul New, broad-ranging rules addressing the threat of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk in the state both wild and farm-reared have been approved by the state Legislature. For hunters, the legislation regulates how big game harvested elsewhere returns to Minnesota. It also sets aside funding for testing for the always-fatal […]

A female elk at the farm tested positive for the disease in March, the first time the disease was found in Wisconsin in an animal other than a deer. The diseased elk was one of 20 that Sperber bought in December 2000 and January 2001 from a Stearns County, Minn., farm where the disease was

The Minnesota DNR, in cooperation with the Trust for Public Land, purchased the site which was formerly the Gray’s Bay Marina. The city of Minnetonka and the DNR worked in cooperation to construct the site. The access provides 112 parking spaces for vehicles with attached boat trailers and six public parking spaces for vehicles only.

If you find an animal curled up in the woods or a field all by itself, it likely hasn’t been abandoned. Furthermore, removing deer or other native wildlife from the wild and raising and keeping them in captivity is against the law. The unnatural conditions of life in captivity can lead to malnutrition, injury and

Contributing Writer St. Paul Bowing to pressure from politicians and conservation groups, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced late last week a two-week extension to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up. The enrollment period has been extended through June 13. The original sign-up period was slated to end May 30. “Farmers and ranchers’

Ed Rice, who is married to Nancy Clancy’s sister, the one I call “Beverly Bucks,” bought himself a new boat this year. It’s a dandy. A shiny new Lund with a 115 Yamaha and all the goodies. I am tickled for Ed and Bev. Shortly after he bought the boat, I called Ed to “talk