A House bill was introduced Feb. 2 that would ramp up testing for chronic wasting disease in farmed cervids, would place a moratorium on new deer farms, and eventually would transfer oversight of those farms from the Board of Animal Health to the DNR.
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“Most of America’s 600 million acres of public land are in the West, yet proportionally few hunters are residents of those states,” said Kip Adams, NDA chief conservation officer and one of the report’s authors.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor from Minnesota Outdoor News.
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Authorizing the Minnesota DNR to buy or sell land has historically been noncontroversial and routine. But legislation in 2022 to do that was in an omnibus bill that failed to make it into law.
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Central Minnesota’s biggest and best sport show brings together boats, camping equipment, travel destinations, and family entertainment. Kids can fish in the live trout pond or learn from Bwana Jim about wildlife.
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During the past five years, the DNR has performed a “paired stocking” program that’s included the Lower Mississippi strain of walleyes and a northern strain in select southern lakes. Data have shown that LMS walleyes are outperforming the northern strain by 80% to 90% in most of those water bodies.
The project has centered on Lake Sarah, in northern Murray County, where DNR biologists say LMS walleyes naturally are reproducing.
Lower Mississippi walleye strain gaining prominence in southern Minnesota lakes Read More »
The Minnesota Backcountry Hunters and Anglers chapter’s North Country Icebreaker event in Isle in late January included seminars, conversation, and a message from Land Tawney, national CEO of BHA.
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With five snowmobile fatalities already this winter in the state,
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Fish were left overnight in a hoop net and re-inspected the next day. During re-inspection, it was found that a large percentage of the fish were either dead or not dead but not releasable. A small percentage appeared to be in good condition and could be released.
Data from this study are purely anecdotal at this point. But the observations from this work will guide future, more formal research.
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