October 15, 2004

All properties are sold “as is.” Property data sheets are available for all parcels from the DNR, containing exact locations, minimum bids, date and location of auction for that property, site description, and property condition. For more information about the properties, call the DNR at (651) 297-5982 or toll free at 1-888-MINNDNR (646-6367), or request […]

Associate Editor Madison, Minn. Some opening weekend pheasant hunters may conclude the hunting may be even worse than roadside surveys suggested it could be. Those who venture out later may find otherwise. That’s the word from DNR wildlife officials in the southern portion the pheasant range of Minnesota who not only are monitoring the pheasant

Associate Editor Washington Conservation groups, including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, are working to regain full funding through the Wallop-Breaux Sportfish Restoration Act. If successful, it could mean an extra $4 million for fish and fishing-related projects in Minnesota, according to Jeff Crane, policy director for the CSF. If not, more than a quarter of funding

Contributing Writer Read the shooting magazine headlines and you’ll realize how undergunned you are. Why, that old .270 Winchester isn’t adequate for hunting anything bigger than a cottontail. Today’s big game animals are so smart, so elusive and so durable that not even magnums will bring them down. What you really need is an ultra-magnum,

Dave Trauba, LqP refuge manager, said this is a change from past years when small game hunting and fishing were allowed until the start of the Canada goose season in the West Central Zone. That season will begin on Thursday, Oct. 21 this year and run through Nov. 14. Trauba said closing the refuge to

Trappers interested in applying for a Refuge Trapping Permit can obtain an application form and list of special regulations by writing: Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 36289 State Highway 65, McGregor, MN 55760, or by calling (218) 768-2402. Applications must be received no later than Oct. 23.

Staff Writer St. Paul Gov. Tim Pawlenty last week proposed eliminating the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources, the legislative body charged with doling out money for natural resources, and replacing it with a seven-member citizens board. The plan, announced at a press conference last Wednesday, would shift spending and policy decisions from the LCMR, made