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December 15, 2010

Forest Service to Consider Banning Gun Hunting in Parts of Huron-Manistee National Forest

We found this news to be of potential great concern to all hunters, whether they hunt on public lands or not. This is from the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance. Read it, and see what you think…  As a result of a recent anti-hunting court ruling, the U.S. Forest Service is starting a formal review of its Management […]

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MN DNR aims to boost waterfowl populations through new approaches

Two new tactics to add more ducks to Minnesota’s skies were the focus of a signing ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 14, attended by leaders of Ducks Unlimited, the Minnesota Waterfowl Association and other conservation organizations. The gathering, convened by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), celebrated the formal signing of the state’s first-ever shallow lakes

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Mass retirements no longer looming at MN DNR. They’re here.

Retirements are hitting the Minnesota DNR en masse this month. Of the DNR’s 2,630 employees in November, 120 have accepted the state’s 2010 early retirement incentive. That’s better than 41⁄2 percent of the agency’s full-time equivalents, and that doesn’t include people leaving under normal attrition. Moving these folks off the state payroll will save tax

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Feds: Wolverines need protection but have to wait

By MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The threat of climate change warrants classifying wolverines as threatened or endangered, but other species are in more imminent danger and will delay protection for the small, ferocious mammals, wildlife officials said Monday. The population of wolverines in the contiguous United States has rebounded to an

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80,000 competed in Wisconsin fishing tournaments

MADISON – Eighty-thousand anglers competed in 595 fishing tournaments in Wisconsin in 2010 and reeled in $3.9 million in prize money, according to statistics from the state’s fishing tournament permit system. Larger fishing tournaments have had to get permits since the mid-1990s, but a 2004 law directed the Department of Natural Resources to update rules

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