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July 23, 2004

Bemidji, Minn. Responding to concern about a high white-tailed deer population in and around Bemidji State Game Refuge, the Minnesota DNR has decided to open the entire refuge this November to firearms deer hunting.

A six-square-mile portion of the refuge was open to firearms hunting during the 2003 firearms season. One citizen recommendation was to make the refuge archery-only, but the DNR’s Steve Caron said that harvest wouldn’t effectively address the overpopulation problem. Jim Breyen, the DNR’s Northwest Region Wildlife supervisor, said hunters who choose to hunt the refuge …

Bemidji, Minn. Responding to concern about a high white-tailed deer population in and around Bemidji State Game Refuge, the Minnesota DNR has decided to open the entire refuge this November to firearms deer hunting. Read More »

Iowa, Minnesota to study deer hunting differences

Associate Editor St. Paul Glancing at the landscape, you’d be hard-pressed to know if you were in southeastern Minnesota or northeastern Iowa. But when it comes to deer hunting, the differences between those areas of the two states are unmistakable. In the near future, biologists from both states hope to study and compare deer hunting

Interior seeks to pull wolves from ESL in eastern U.S.

Associated Press Forest Lake, Minn. As a pack of wolves looked on, Interior Secretary Gale Norton said it was time to celebrate the dramatic comeback of the often-feared and sometimes hated predator. Norton said last Friday her department plans to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list across a swath of the eastern

St. Paul Conservation-minded motorists have driven proceeds from the sale of Critical Habitat License Plates over the $10 million mark. More than 100,000 loon and deer license plates are traveling Minnesota’s roads and highways.

Proceeds from the $30 annual contribution are helping protect and manage critical habitat across the state. License plate dollars have so far purchased more than 3,100 acres of critical lands, like islands and lakeshore. Some of the acres have been established as wildlife management areas. Nongame species also are benefactors. Sales of the plates have

Legislators present at state-tribal meetings

Editor Cloquet, Minn. Two state legislators observed the summer 1837 Treaty Technical Committee meeting of state and tribal officials held Wednesday, July 14 at the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe’s Black Bear Casino near Cloquet. The presence of Rep. Tom Hackbarth and Sen. Tom Saxhaug marked the first time that state representatives outside the

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