September 21, 2022

LITTLE FALLS — With an infusion of funds and a focus on forestry, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is making it easier and less costly for private landowners to manage their property within the Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape, a 10-mile buffer that simultaneously protects natural resources and the National Guard’s training mission. The Mississippi […]

Windom, Minn. — A fish kill in a small, southern Minnesota lake has claimed, strangely, nearly exclusively black crappies – and “thousands” of them, according to DNR officials. The kill was first noted by DNR Fisheries workers who were conducting follow-up survey work on Long Lake, a 256-acre basin with a maximum depth of 13

Eighteen people graduated Tuesday, Sept. 13, from the 21st Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Academy, after training for 16 weeks in all aspects of their new careers as conservation officers. The graduates already have spread out across the state and will spend the next several months field training with experienced conservation officers before