April 2, 2004

The workshop is free, but registration is encouraged so materials and equipment can be prepared. For more information or to register, call Jaime Edwards at (507) 292-0063, or email noodlerun@charter.net.

May 22: 10th Annual Lura Lake Fair, Daly Park on Lura Lake near Mapleton MN. For more info call Robert, 507-893-4438. June 26: NWTF Jakes Youth Event, 9:30 – 1:30 p.m., Nicollet Conservation Club. For more info call Raoul Johnson, 507-327-0995

Field Editor St. Paul While state Sen. Leroy Stumpf’s legislative proposal to initiate quality deer management (QDM) regulations in four northwestern Minnesota counties is unlikely to pass in this session, DNR officials say they will probably seek public input on similar trophy hunting rules. “We’ll evaluate it to see how the public feels about it,”

Beginning at 11 a.m. on the Outdoor Plaza outside the Metrodome, there will be hands-on outdoors activities and gifts. Participants also may order discounted game tickets. The game begins at 1:10 p.m. For more information on the event and to order tickets, contact Jason Stern at (612) 375-7502 or email JasonStern@TwinsBaseball.com, before April 29.

April 2-4: Spring Shooter’s Show, Bill’s Gun Shop & Range, Robbinsdale. Fri. & Sat. 10-8 p.m., Sun. 10-5 p.m. For more info call 763-533-9594. April 2-4: Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo, at the Radisson South Hotel in Mpls., Minn. For info call 612-926-5128, e-mail at mwfly@mwfly.com or go to www.greatwaters2004.com. Minnesota Firearms Exchange. 2004 Gun

LAKE MILLE LACS Anglers are reduced to traveling with ATVs, but the ice is still in pretty good shape. The perch bite is very slow although the fish caught on the shallower rocks have been good-sized. The crappie bite in Isle Bay is still worth checking out. These fish continue to be caught with consistency,

Associate Editor St. Paul Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced this week that a compromise had been reached regarding the state/federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, which should hasten the approval from federal officials and help secure state funding. Farm groups and Minnesota members of Congress had opposed the governor’s plan that would have offered the option of

DNR officials say they were tipped to a headless deer carcass in a cornfield and that Tostenson was telling others of the trophy antlers he bagged. State conservation officers Dan Book and Tom Hemker investigated and said Tostenson eventually admitted he shot the deer with a rifle and cut off the head, the DNR said.